Posted on 18 December 2008 by Farhana Shaikh
Unless you’ve been asleep for the past couple of weeks, a name you’ve probably become familiar with is Humayra Abedin - a Bangladeshi doctor who had been working in the UK before being sent back home, under false pretences by her parents, who wanted her to have an arranged marriage with a man from Bangladesh. Her [...][...more]
Posted on 11 August 2008 by Farhana Shaikh
This month sees a series of events being hosted across the UK to kick start the Ramadan Festival. The events, held in London, include a food festival, a cultural art and dance programme and a Qawalli tour. The festival has already been running successfully for three years in Holland and aims to promote greater mutual understanding [...][...more]
Posted on 08 July 2008 by Farhana Shaikh
Earlier this month, Coldplay was falsely accused of doing it, Bollywood is famous for doing it and now our very own desi doctor/TV celebrity Raj Persaud has been caught red handed having his own love affair with copyright. Dr. Raj Persaud, best known for his role as a psychiatric expert on ITV’s This Morning and more [...][...more]
Posted on 03 June 2008 by Farhana Shaikh
Tahmima Anam has become the first Bangladeshi writer to win the Overall First Book Award at The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008. The winners were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa on May 18. The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, an increasingly valued and sought-after award for fiction, is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation. The [...][...more]
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