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Unveiling the Replica of the Shaheed Minar
Bangladeshi Americans unveil a replica of the Shaheed Minar in Paterson, New Jersey, in 2015.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Memory of Bangladesh Mural
A young girl picks “shapla”, a water lily and the national flower of Bangladesh, in a mural by artist Zeehan Wazed in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Naming of Little Bangladesh in Brooklyn
Bangladeshi Americans in 2022 celebrate the naming of the neighborhood “Little Bangladesh” in Brooklyn, New York.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Pohela Boishakh Parade
Bangladeshi Americans celebrate Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, near Avenue C Plaza in Kensington, Brooklyn, New York.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Headshot of Shahana K. Hanif
Shahana K. Hanif, a Bangladeshi American member of the New York City Council since 2022 for the 39th district, which covers neighborhoods in central Brooklyn including “Little Bangladesh.”
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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“Bangladesh, Coming To America” Mural
A large mural titled “Bangladesh, Coming to America,” painted by artist Victor “MARKA27” Quiñonez in 2018, as part of the OneHamtramck mural project in Detroit, Michigan.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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The Little Bangladesh Neighborhood in Los Angeles
Murals of prominent historic Bangladeshi leaders in Little Bangladesh, Los Angeles, California.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Tanzila Ahmed Posing with Hand-Painted Alponas
Tanzila Ahmed, a political activist born and raised in Los Angeles, California, poses with hand-painted alponas (traditional Bengali folk art) in the neighborhood of Little Bangladesh in Los Angeles.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Tara Asgar in Performance
Tara Asgar during a performance in the US: “Coming to the US was a loss, and I had to start from zero, reshape my work.”
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Portrait of Tara Asgar
Tara Asgar, a Bangladeshi artist, is deeply influenced by her connections to African American and Latinx communities in New York.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Chaumtoli Huq with Garment Workers and Organizers
Huq (left) with women workers and organizers in the apparel industry in Bangladesh, filming for her documentary Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices (2017).
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Shahana K. Hanif and Sharmin Hossain with Organizers
Bangladeshi American organizers in New York, including Huq (far right), alongside NYC Council member Shahana K. Hanif (third from right), and Sharmin Hossain of 18 Million Rising (far left).
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Chaumtoli Huq and Family in New York City
Chaumtoli Huq and her family moved in the early 1970s to the Bronx, New York, after the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Nadeem Zaman Holding a Stack of His Book The Inheritors
Author Nadeem Zaman with his book, The Inheritors (2023). An English professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Zaman arrived in the US in 1991 at fifteen. The legacy of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War features heavily in his writing.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Front Cover of Bring Now the Angels
Author Dilruba Ahmed’s Bring Now The Angels (2020). This book of poetry moves away from exploring notions of identity and belonging and instead deals with themes of grief and forgiveness.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Headshot of Dilruba Ahmed
Bangladeshi American author and poet, Dilruba Ahmed, at a bookstore reading. Her writings defy stereotypical representations of the exoticized Bengali and non-Western woman, emphasizing identity as fluid and multi-dimensional.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Headshot of Tanaïs
Tanaïs, a Bangladeshi American author and perfumer, grew up in Bangladesh, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri. “I write from spaces of discomfort, the syncretic spaces of blending cultures.”
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Headshot of Mahmud Rahman
Author Mahmud Rahman moved to the US from Dhaka, Bangladesh, as an undergraduate student. His writing reflects on movement and dislocation: from village to the city, from war to peace, from Bangladesh to the US.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Headshot of Sharbari Ahmed
Author and screenwriter Sharbari Ahmed is the first Bangladeshi to write for an American network TV show, Quantico, on ABC.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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Tribal Dance Performed at Bangladeshi American Folk Festival
A tribal dance performance from 2024 at a Bangladeshi American folk festival in New York City celebrates Bangladeshi culture.
Featured in:
Bangladeshi Americans, Module 2
