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2007 Alfred Friendly Fellows
yesterday once more...
About Me
- Shamim Ashraf
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Worked over six years as a fulltime reporter for Bangladesh's leading English language newspaper, 'The Daily Star', till November 2008 on completion of a four-year stint as a university correspondent. Joined Desh TV, a private satellite TV channel, later as a Web Editor. I returned to The Daily Star in December 2010 as Web Editor (Content).
salute thee
* George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, who organized two benefit concerts, The Concert for Bangladesh, on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
* Allen Ginsberg, who composed an immortal poem, September on Jessore Road (Bangla version and video) witnessing thousands of starving Bangladeshis deserting the country for life during the war.
together we stand
2007 Alfred Friendly Fellows
my home and host newspapers
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- Where Less Is More
- Global Poll Finds Optimism in Developing World
- A new enemy, the Shia
- Al-Qaida: the unwanted guests
- 'Why Do They Hate Us?'
- Losing My Jihadism
- As American As You Are
- Bush Still Doesn't Get It
- A holy city still divided
- For García Márquez, a Magical Homecoming
- Shattered as a lover and a spy
- What's Next for North Korea?
- Andrea Elliott's Pulitzer winning feature 'Muslims in America'
- The problem of Asia's disappearing women
- Why Iran Will Have the Bomb
- Countdown to War on Iran
- Turkey: torn between God and state
- Labour’s love’s lost
- Eyes Wide Shut
- The Sunni-Shia Rivalry
- India's boundless ambition
- Iraq’s women under pressure
- The flaws in the Chinese economic miracle
here go my stories
- Screenings discover the 'silent killer,' abdominal aortic aneurysm
- A report on the reporters
- Fighting arsenic: News of chemistry professor's water filter is spreading around the world
- Getting organized is serious business for students with attention deficit disorder
- photo & story: Veteran in Ross takes job statewide
- Huge instrument donation prompts global delivery
- Saturday Diary: Newly arrived, I can't believe they tried to scam me
- Collector shares fascination with transportation
- my photo: Chugging into history
- In this baby book, talk is 'Cheep'
- Mt. Lebanon's 50-year dentist
- Indian mango crop makes its way to Pittsburgh tomorrow
- Debut performances set stage for International Children's Fest
- Carnegie Science Center blasts off to Mars
- Accountant, historian for community and family
- White Oak home invasion suspect surrenders
- North Allegheny names assistant superintendent
- Hearing on food stamps
- Grants available for projects marking region's 250th anniversary
- Lifeguard certification set
- Allegheny County lists phone book recycling sites
- Sister Jacqueline Ketter / Devoted her life to spreading God's word through education
- Group enables students to attend school proms
- Robert Jerome Gates / Tire salesman and enthusiastic volunteer
yesterday once more...
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