Sudipta Roy, Samia Huq, Aisha Binte Abdur Rob
Relationships between religious beliefs, institutions, educational strategies, and delivery pose practical challenges for policy makers in all countries. They have particular significance today in Bangladesh given the national and regional developments that shine light on religious roles within nati...
Helen McConachie, S Huq, Samia Munir, Kamrunnahar et al.
Given the numbers of disabled children in Bangladesh and the lack of trained professionals, innovative forms of service delivery are required. The Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation has developed an outreach parent training service based at two centres, one urban and one rural. Mothers are shown how ...
Samia Huq, Sabina Faiz Rashid
Andréa Cornwall, Jenny Edwards
* Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment * Andrea Cornwall and Jenny Edwards * 1.Legal Reform, Women's Empowerment and Social Change: The Case of Egypt * Mulki Al-Sharmani * 2.Quotas: A Pathway of Political Empowerment? * Ana Alice Alcantara Costa * 3. Advancing Women's Empowerment or Rolling Back th...
Samia Huq
Bangladesh has recently been seeing a rise in religiosity which has been treated as problematic, anti?secular and anti?progressive within the public sphere. Various writers describe this trend as having a disempowering effect on women and negating their self?expression. However, underlying these vie...
Samia Huq
Bangladesh's experience with has been chequered. Beginning with a strong constitutional mandate and political rhetoric, the word secularism has been changed, removed and restored, while Islam remains the state religion. Aspirations to the principles of - tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and equal tr...
Sajan Das, Rumana Akhter, Sumana Khandaker, Sumaiya Huque et al.
To evaluate the possible phytochemical constituents, antibacterial and anthelmintic activity of Coix lacryma-jobi L. (Job's tears) using the chloroform leaves and seed extracts. Methods: The test for antibacterial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration was conducted by the disc diffusion and ...
Samia Huq
This article was published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies [ © 2011 Taylor & Francis ] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2011.554650 The Article's website is at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649373.2011.554650
Samia Huq
Bangladesh has made significant strides on women’s issues in the areas of education, employment and politics. In the wake of this progress, the country has also experienced a surge of religious ideas leading to secular anxiety that cultural Islamization is leaving very tangible marks on the bodies a...
S Karmakar, Q M Arman Uz Zaman, Md. Sazzad Hossain, Aysha Siddika et al.
Different types of natural dyes are commonly used to fabricate dyesensitized solar cells which are cheaper, simpler, and environmentally friendlier than conventional crystalline silicon solar cells. This paper objectifies the performance of locally grown natural dyes from Dhaka, Bangladesh using a s...
Samia Huq
1. Introduction: Islam, culture and women Firdous Azim 2. Islamist women of Hamas: between feminism and nationalism Islah Jad 3. Just between us: identity and representation among Muslim women Amina Jamal 4. 'Bahar Nikalna': Muslim women negotiate post-conflict life Diia Rajan, Deepa Dhanraj and K. ...
Samia Huq, Ratan Kumar Roy, Noor-E-Fayzun Nahar, Sudipta Roy
Abstract Bangladesh is witnessing a significant transformation within its religious landscape, particularly through the influence of digitally available Waz Mahfils . As digital media platforms like Facebook and YouTube extend the reach of these gatherings, they have grown in popularity, offering av...
Samia Aziz, Tarzia Choudhury, Nafisa Lira Huq
Tobacco smoking, a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), has been recognized as the 2 nd leading cause of death globally. Bangladesh has been ranked among the top tobacco consuming countries in the world where 68 percent of the total mortality reported in 2006 was due to non-comm...