Dhaka, BANGLADESH – The first time I visited a foreign country was in 2011. It was a family trip to...
Author - Usraat Fahmidah
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Mahsa Amini: it wasn’t about her clothes
DHAKA – In which god’s world is it fair to kill a woman like this? When I read about the death last...
Preserving memories of the 1947 partition that divided India and...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Memories of the August 14, 1947 partition of India and Pakistan “nearly...
No one is safe from war
DHAKA – There is a poem by Ukrainian-American Ilya Kaminsky called, “We Lived Happily During the...
Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence
Dhaka, BANGLADESH – Fifty years ago today, Bangladesh emerged victorious after a long, bloody, nine...
Almond: When two monsters become friends
Dhaka, BANGLADESH – What would you do if you woke up tomorrow with the inability to feel any...
Bangladesh opens malls during lockdown as covid cases soar
Dhaka, BANGLADESH – Bangladesh is struggling to maintain a strict lockdown amidst a surge of covid...
New BTS album is a warm hug at the end of a tiring day
Dhaka, BANGLADESH – As the world enters a second year of lockdown, people are scrambling to find...