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Bangladeshi American author Diruba Ahmed uses one hand to take off her glasses while holding a pen and the other hand to keep a book open on a table.

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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.

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Headshot of Dilruba Ahmed

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Demery, Brandon

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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3

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Brandon Demery

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Demery, Brandon

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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3

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Photograph

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jpg

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Brandon Demery

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