They are going to take Moti Miya’s eyes out with a date thorn tonight. During the evening prayers. Idris from Nobiganj is going to do it. He’s done it before. They are keeping Moti in Borkot Shahib’s shed. Moti’s hands and feet are tied up. Several people are standing around to guard him. This is […]
Yeshim Iqbal
YESHIM IQBAL has a B.A in Psychology from Cornell University and a PhD in Applied Psychology from New York University. She is a psychologist and researcher working in contexts of conflict and crisis around the world. She is also the founder and director of Kaan Pete Roi, the first emotional support and suicide prevention helpline in Bangladesh. She is a mother of two, the author of four translated novels in Bangladesh, and works on reading, writing, and translating whenever she can.

