Ahmad Ibrahim

The writer studies at Knox College, USA.

Of minoritisation and symbolic violence

Following the collapse of the government, reports began to circulate of attacks on temples, establishments and persons belonging to minority groups (that is, those of non-Bengali and non-Sunni Islam origins). News of these attacks themselves began to be weaponised, by regional and international interests, in a bid to reinforce the illusory narrative set by the Awami League.

1m ago

Ghartera Edition 0: Junkyard

“Unlearning is a long process”. It’s doubtful to me that if we were to assemble an ensemble of artists, curators, gallerists, collectors

5y ago

The Life and Times of Liverpool Fans

For a brief moment, in the 50th minute of the Champions League final in Kiev, Liverpool fans across the globe were seized by a sudden and inescapable madness. They had seen their talisman Salah trudge off in tears, breaking a million hearts in the process. They had seen Jürgen Klopp's plans of suffocating this seasoned Madrid side torn to shreds by an infuriating, and yet undeniably excellent, display of cynical

6y ago

Re-thinking 'Poverty' in Bangladesh

New measures of income inequality

7y ago

Hool Johar: Revisiting the eternal Santhal Revolution

The Santhal Rebellion led to a calculated genocide by the British army who burned down hundreds of villages and killed and raped over 15,000 Santhals to quash their resistance.

7y ago

'Unnoyoner' budget

Understanding the budget during the era of development.

7y ago

The last days of an ecology

Gondamara union is not only incredibly disconnected from the rest of Banshkhali upazila and the greater Chittagong area, it isalso one of the most vulnerable places in the country to cyclones and tidal flooding.

7y ago

Ahmed Sofa In Posterity - Muslim Anxiety In A 'Muslim World'

We begin at a time after the battle of Karbala, where the traitor Simar is carrying Hazrat Hossain's disembodied head to Damascus in the hopes of getting a sizeable bounty.

7y ago
October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

Of minoritisation and symbolic violence

Following the collapse of the government, reports began to circulate of attacks on temples, establishments and persons belonging to minority groups (that is, those of non-Bengali and non-Sunni Islam origins). News of these attacks themselves began to be weaponised, by regional and international interests, in a bid to reinforce the illusory narrative set by the Awami League.

May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019

Ghartera Edition 0: Junkyard

“Unlearning is a long process”. It’s doubtful to me that if we were to assemble an ensemble of artists, curators, gallerists, collectors

May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018

The Life and Times of Liverpool Fans

For a brief moment, in the 50th minute of the Champions League final in Kiev, Liverpool fans across the globe were seized by a sudden and inescapable madness. They had seen their talisman Salah trudge off in tears, breaking a million hearts in the process. They had seen Jürgen Klopp's plans of suffocating this seasoned Madrid side torn to shreds by an infuriating, and yet undeniably excellent, display of cynical

September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017

Re-thinking 'Poverty' in Bangladesh

New measures of income inequality

July 7, 2017
July 7, 2017

Hool Johar: Revisiting the eternal Santhal Revolution

The Santhal Rebellion led to a calculated genocide by the British army who burned down hundreds of villages and killed and raped over 15,000 Santhals to quash their resistance.

June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017

'Unnoyoner' budget

Understanding the budget during the era of development.

June 2, 2017
June 2, 2017

The last days of an ecology

Gondamara union is not only incredibly disconnected from the rest of Banshkhali upazila and the greater Chittagong area, it isalso one of the most vulnerable places in the country to cyclones and tidal flooding.

April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017

Ahmed Sofa In Posterity - Muslim Anxiety In A 'Muslim World'

We begin at a time after the battle of Karbala, where the traitor Simar is carrying Hazrat Hossain's disembodied head to Damascus in the hopes of getting a sizeable bounty.

June 10, 2016
June 10, 2016

Addressing the land question

Bangladesh is home to a diverse group of religions and ethnicities, many of whom have culturally different ties to nature and land, and yet the rampant dispossessing of the poor from their lands is changing the realities of all these communities.

April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

Of Rape and Selective Outrage

‘It could've been my sister, it could've been my mother, it could've been me'. Every time the media reports on a story of a woman's rape,