Fwd: [shahidulnews] Long Overdue

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shahidul Alam <shahidul@drik.net>
Date: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Subject: [shahidulnews] Long Overdue
To: "ShahidulNews shahidulnews@drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net" <shahidulnews@drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net>

The flurry of activity over the last six weeks took it's toll. This newsletter is long overdue. Chulie and Jo joined soon after the Drik anniversary. Both leaving big organisations to join this tiny media organisation in Bangladesh, that packs a big punch. The six Chinese interns from Shantou University just left, but their tearful goodbye is followed by Bai Xi, who came in the first batch of interns and is returning as a volunteer. Anna Lena Hofsaess from Germany joins as a new intern. I was away on short trips to the UK for my talk at Tate Modern, the judging of Prix Pictet, a Majority World meeting and a short assignment for Peace Direct. Made a pit stop at Frieze Art Fair in London and was pleased to see Bangladeshi artist Naeem Mohaiemen on display. Back in town preparing for the Long March on the 24th October.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/new-recruits/

Our new recruits left two little known organisations, World Bank and Al Jazeera to join the exciting world of media activism. Chulie de Silva joins the Chobi Mela VI Secretariat, while Joe Havely strengthens the media academy. New intern Anna Lena Hofsaess from Germany and volunteer Bai Xi from China describe their reasons for joining Drik.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/things-friends-have-been-up-to/

Yto Barrada is Deutsche Bank's "Artist of the Year" 2011. Yto was involved in a curatorial workshop at Pathshala in March 2010, when she was visiting Bangladesh for the Network Partnership meeting of the Prince Claus Fund.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/10/funeral-of-sarah-bartmann/

Sarah Bartmann should never have been transported to Europe. Sarah Bartmann should never have been robbed of her name and relabeled Sarah Bartmann. Sarah Bartmann should never have been stripped of her native, Khoi-San and African identity and paraded in Europe as a savage monstrosity.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/drik-videos/

The Boy Who Wanted to Fly: Don Mullan was a witness to Bloody Sunday and had wanted to join the IRA. It was his passion for football and his hero Gordon Banks that led Mullan to become a humanitarian instead.

The Power of Laughter: A Zimbabwean woman talks of her own trauma and why her passion for peace comes from the laughter of a child.

Blood Money: Wonderful Story. Majestic Storytelling. You will love this.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/job-offers/

Vacancy Director Prince Claus Fund (Full Time) Salary: Euros 80,000/annum. Location: Amsterdam.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/general-news-ii/

By Brian Palmer: But that night was the last time Shahed Hossain's mother would see him free in United States, the last time she'd have a chance to worry he'd lose anything. Six days later, Hossain was locked up in a privately run immigration detention center near the U.S.-Mexico border. He spent more than a year there,  a period he's tried to forget, before he was shackled, loaded onto a plane and flown to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/10/bangladesh-profile/

The NI assessment is ominous: The government has been more concerned with political games than with addressing serious issues. Unless it can control the rampant hooliganism of its student wing, the Chatra League, the next election will see a complete reversal.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/grants-and-scholarships/

AMIC ASIA COMMUNICATION AWARD 2011. Honoring excellence in media and communications

http://www.shahidulnews.com/pathshala-updates-viii/

Munem Wasif leaves to collect Photo City Sagamihara Award

Masud Alam Liton wins Luceo Images Student Project Award and GMB Akash wins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award, UK

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/10/india-in-afghanistan-nation-building-or-proxy-war/

At a time when Bangladesh is being asked (against the wishes of its citizens) to send troops to Afghanistan, an interesting article on the complex forces that are at play in the region.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/10/idf-soldier-belly-dancing/

YouTube clip shows IDF soldier belly-dancing beside bound Palestinian woman

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/10/our-first-date/

A moving love story by Lorraine Berry (forwarded by Rahnuma Ahmed): Our first date was the last day of his life. When we met online, it was as if we'd known each other forever. Then came the tragedy I'll never forget

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/09/september-22-is-for-remembering/

Patricia Agatha Butenis on human rights!!! Commentary by Malinda Seneviratne

http://www.shahidulnews.com/pathshala-updates-vii/

Fariha Karim reports from Dhaka: Former foreign secretary was consulted before 'difficult' attempts to gather information from detainees in certain countries: Front Page, Guardian UK

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/09/poet-with-a-kodak-and-a-restless-eye/

Photographs by Allen Ginsberg. Review by Holland Cotter. New York Times

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/09/murdoch-phone-hacking-scandal/

Murdoch phone hacking scandal engulfs all Britain's major parties: By Jean Shaou

http://www.shahidulnews.com/majority-world-updates/

Major changes coming up in Majority World Agency. Poised for lift off. Please circulate widely.

http://www.shahidulnews.com

Subscribe to ShahidulNews at: http://drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net/mailman/listinfo/shahidulnews

_______________________________________________
shahidulnews mailing list
shahidulnews@drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net
http://drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net/mailman/listinfo/shahidulnews

--
Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/