Karim Al Waheed
Waheed currently works for The Daily Star (the largest circulating English daily newspaper in Bangladesh) as a feature writer and sub-editor.
Articles by Karim Al Waheed
June 15, 2009
"As anaesthesia was kicking in, and the doctor and nurses were getting ready for the c-section, I heard someone say, ŽIf I was her, IŽd never bring this baby into the world.Ž For the first time in my life I loathed myself, I felt ashamed, as if I was scum of earth," Salma (not her real name) breaks ...
June 15, 2009
A local saying goes, "Have no fear of the sea, it will bring you fruits." And this is how the people lived their modest lives in Shitolpur, an area on the coast of Chittagong in southern Bangladesh.
Then one day the sea bore an unexpected gift. After a violent storm in 1960, a huge ship was found...