Md Mahmudul Hasan

Md Mahmudul Hasan teaches English and postcolonial literature at International Islamic University Malaysia. Email: [email protected]

Char dakhal in art and politics

The proverbial practice of char dakhal has now extended to politics in the form of chandabaji (money extortion) as a metaphor for criminal greed.

3w ago

'A terrible beauty is born' in Gaza and West Bank

Pre-occupation Palestine had, to use Anglo-American poet WH Auden's words, "marble well-governed cities" full of "vines and olive trees." But Israel and its allies have turned it into "an artificial wilderness"

1m ago

Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan

Transforming Ramadan from a month of fasting into one of feasting and then forcing women to cook extravagant meals ruins the purpose of the holy month.

1m ago

Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?

The Zionist blueprint for Palestine resonates with the strategy of the workhouse authorities of Victorian England.

1m ago

Lusting Orientals revisited: The British grooming gang debate

The victims are used as tools to spread fear about a specific community.

2m ago

Jimmy Carter: The US president who called a spade a spade

In 2006, Carter famously sparked an outcry when his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" was published.

2m ago

Reading Rokeya through the lens of 1857-58 and July 2024

People of the Indian subcontinent, especially those in Bengal, never accepted European colonial rule.

4m ago

Muslims in media, and media in Muslim-majority Bangladesh

Anti-Muslim media bigotry is so normalised that even Reuters initially circulated the false information that the slain lawyer was defending the Hindu leader.

4m ago
March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025

Char dakhal in art and politics

The proverbial practice of char dakhal has now extended to politics in the form of chandabaji (money extortion) as a metaphor for criminal greed.

March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025

'A terrible beauty is born' in Gaza and West Bank

Pre-occupation Palestine had, to use Anglo-American poet WH Auden's words, "marble well-governed cities" full of "vines and olive trees." But Israel and its allies have turned it into "an artificial wilderness"

March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025

Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan

Transforming Ramadan from a month of fasting into one of feasting and then forcing women to cook extravagant meals ruins the purpose of the holy month.

February 21, 2025
February 21, 2025

Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?

The Zionist blueprint for Palestine resonates with the strategy of the workhouse authorities of Victorian England.

January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025

Lusting Orientals revisited: The British grooming gang debate

The victims are used as tools to spread fear about a specific community.

January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025

Jimmy Carter: The US president who called a spade a spade

In 2006, Carter famously sparked an outcry when his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" was published.

December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024

Reading Rokeya through the lens of 1857-58 and July 2024

People of the Indian subcontinent, especially those in Bengal, never accepted European colonial rule.

December 5, 2024
December 5, 2024

Muslims in media, and media in Muslim-majority Bangladesh

Anti-Muslim media bigotry is so normalised that even Reuters initially circulated the false information that the slain lawyer was defending the Hindu leader.

November 21, 2024
November 21, 2024

Chandabaji, mamla banijya can’t be our only future

These two crimes wreaked havoc in the lives of innocent people of our country during the Hasina regime.

November 17, 2024
November 17, 2024

Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza

Proponents of CRT believe that racist practices are not individual or idiosyncratic, but are inherent in institutions, policies and structures of governance.