Faridul Alam

Dr Faridul Alam is a former faculty member at the City University of New York (CUNY) and a licensed social work practitioner. He writes full-time on interdisciplinary issues, primarily through the lenses of postmodernism and postcolonialism.

The ethics of machine judgement and the post-human condition

In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, decision-making is stripped of human nuance.

6d ago

How AI shaped the Iran-Israel 12-day war

Palantir Technologies, a US-based analytics firm, was publicly acknowledged to have strategic partnerships with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.

1w ago

Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics

The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.

2w ago

Disinformation and the Israel-Iran conflict

In the unfolding Israel-Iran conflict, disinformation is not peripheral—it is central.

2w ago

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the politics of starvation

What we are witnessing in Gaza is the collapse of humanitarianism’s ethical core.

3w ago

Weaponising hunger: An anatomy of Israel’s war crime

It is a coordinated policy that uses food as leverage.

1m ago

What is the future of globalisation?

The future of globalisation hinges less on market logic than on political will.

1m ago

Trump’s Xanadu: Power, spectacle, and the mirage of control

Trump serves as a reminder of the fragility of power when built on illusion.

2m ago
July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025

The ethics of machine judgement and the post-human condition

In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, decision-making is stripped of human nuance.

June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025

How AI shaped the Iran-Israel 12-day war

Palantir Technologies, a US-based analytics firm, was publicly acknowledged to have strategic partnerships with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.

June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025

Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics

The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.

June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025

Disinformation and the Israel-Iran conflict

In the unfolding Israel-Iran conflict, disinformation is not peripheral—it is central.

June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the politics of starvation

What we are witnessing in Gaza is the collapse of humanitarianism’s ethical core.

June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025

Weaponising hunger: An anatomy of Israel’s war crime

It is a coordinated policy that uses food as leverage.

May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

What is the future of globalisation?

The future of globalisation hinges less on market logic than on political will.

May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025

Trump’s Xanadu: Power, spectacle, and the mirage of control

Trump serves as a reminder of the fragility of power when built on illusion.

April 15, 2025
April 15, 2025

How literature can dismantle patriarchy in Bangladesh and beyond

Gender-based violence is a symptom of entrenched patriarchy reinforced by sociopolitical and economic structures.

March 7, 2025
March 7, 2025

The significance of March 7

March 7, 1971, remains a contested symbol in Bangladesh's shifting politics