a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:57:"Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan";s:12:"thePermalink";s:91:"https://www.islamicity.org/104237/gender-and-spirituality-role-of-men-and-women-in-ramadan/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:72:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ramadan-lamp.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"ramadan|/topics/ramadan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 11 2025";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"March 11, 2025 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:104237;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:55:"Women are generally considered more religious than men.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:57:"Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:39:"Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/104135/palestine-a-large-victorian-workhouse/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:75:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/palestine-house.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:49:"victorian workhouses|/topics/victorian-workhouses";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 22 2025";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"February 22, 2025 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:104135;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have been forced to live a dreadful life amid the intermittent horrors of bombings and killings. After over a year of Israeli genocide in Ga......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:39:"Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:57:"Jimmy Carter: The US president who called a spade a spade";s:12:"thePermalink";s:91:"https://www.islamicity.org/103934/jimmy-carter-the-us-president-who-called-a-spade-a-spade/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:80:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/american-flag-scaled.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:55:"government and politics|/topics/government-and-politics";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 21 2025";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"January 21, 2025 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103934;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"About ten years ago, I first came to know that Jimmy Carter used to send handwritten or typed letters to other world leaders by snail mail. He did not use emails for important com......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:57:"Jimmy Carter: The US president who called a spade a spade";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:56:"Victims of autocrats: From Hamza al-Khateeb to Abu Sayed";s:12:"thePermalink";s:90:"https://www.islamicity.org/103673/victims-of-autocrats-from-hamza-al-khateeb-to-abu-sayed/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:67:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/protest.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:49:"political oppression|/topics/political-oppression";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 14 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"December 14, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103673;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"11 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:117:"During one of my visits to Bangladesh about 10 years ago, I used the Upakul Express to go to Dhaka from Brahmanbaria.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:56:"Victims of autocrats: From Hamza al-Khateeb to Abu Sayed";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:67:"Rokeya’s Legacy: From the 1857 Rebellion to the Struggles of 2024";s:12:"thePermalink";s:91:"https://www.islamicity.org/103664/reading-rokeya-through-the-lens-of-1857-58-and-july-2024/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:75:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/people-landmark.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:33:"human rights|/topics/human-rights";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 13 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"December 13, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103664;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:101:"People of the Indian subcontinent, especially those in Bengal, never accepted European colonial rule.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:67:"Rokeya’s Legacy: From the 1857 Rebellion to the Struggles of 2024";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:57:"Muslims in media, and media in Muslim-majority Bangladesh";s:12:"thePermalink";s:91:"https://www.islamicity.org/103586/muslims-in-media-and-media-in-muslim-majority-bangladesh/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:85:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/burning-news-paper-scaled.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:33:"adolf hitler|/topics/adolf-hitler";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Dec 5 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"December 5, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103586;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"I lived in the UK from 2000 to 2007. It was a time fraught with events of momentous consequences to ...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:57:"Muslims in media, and media in Muslim-majority Bangladesh";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:50:"Has Kamala Harris abided by her parents’ advice?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:81:"https://www.islamicity.org/103428/has-kamala-harris-abided-by-her-parents-advice/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:82:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kamala-harris-election.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"corruption|/topics/corruption";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 18 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 18, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103428;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"I WAS in the neighbouring city of Milwaukee during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) that took place in Chicago on August 19–22. We all knew that Kamala Harris wou......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:50:"Has Kamala Harris abided by her parents’ advice?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:66:"Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza";s:12:"thePermalink";s:100:"https://www.islamicity.org/103431/critical-race-theory-euro-american-pride-and-the-genocide-in-gaza/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:82:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/palestine-flag-on-tree.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:39:"israel violence|/topics/israel-violence";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 18 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 18, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103431;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"The critical race theory (CRT) emerged in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s and gained momentum in academic circles in the late 1990s. The theory addresses racial in......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:66:"Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:95:"Can Bangladesh's 2024 Uprising Become Its Own 'Terrible Beauty' Like Ireland’s Easter Rising?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:123:"https://www.islamicity.org/103187/can-bangladeshs-2024-uprising-become-its-own-terrible-beauty-like-irelands-easter-rising/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:70:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/corruption.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:35:"sheikh hasina|/topics/sheikh-hasina";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 28 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"October 28, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103187;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:151:"The 1923 Nobel laureate in literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), is admired as arguably the greatest English-language poet of the 20th century.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:95:"Can Bangladesh's 2024 Uprising Become Its Own 'Terrible Beauty' Like Ireland’s Easter Rising?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:51:"What Can Lessing’s Legacy Teach Us About Justice?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:82:"https://www.islamicity.org/103188/what-can-lessings-legacy-teach-us-about-justice/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:81:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/palestine-israel-wars.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:25:"genocide|/topics/genocide";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 28 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"October 28, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:103188;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:106:"Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing was no ivory tower writer and no detached observer of local or global events.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:51:"What Can Lessing’s Legacy Teach Us About Justice?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:29:"Restoring dignity of students";s:12:"thePermalink";s:64:"https://www.islamicity.org/102977/restoring-dignity-of-students/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:76:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bangladesh-crowd.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"bangladesh|/topics/bangladesh";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 12 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"October 12, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:102977;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:92:"THE saying ‘a bad apple spoils the whole barrel’ perhaps applies to any group of people.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:29:"Restoring dignity of students";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:32:"Writing in the time of autocracy";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/102830/writing-in-the-time-of-autocracy/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:87:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/times-of-autocry-bangladesh.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:35:"sheikh hasina|/topics/sheikh-hasina";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Sep 28 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:43:"September 28, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:102830;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:116:"For a long time, I remained largely detached from the events in Bangladesh as I was focused on my academic pursuits.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:32:"Writing in the time of autocracy";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:57:"Daring to Defend the Anti-discrimination Student Movement";s:12:"thePermalink";s:92:"https://www.islamicity.org/102780/daring-to-defend-the-anti-discrimination-student-movement/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:86:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bangladesh-protests-scaled.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:55:"government and politics|/topics/government-and-politics";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Sep 22 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:43:"September 22, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:102780;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"Some academics, journalists, and writers – including myself – started discussing the formation of the Forum for Bangladesh Studies in 2021. It was officially launched on Octob......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:57:"Daring to Defend the Anti-discrimination Student Movement";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:45:"Hasina’s autocracy and The Duchess of Malfi";s:12:"thePermalink";s:77:"https://www.islamicity.org/102748/hasinas-autocracy-and-the-duchess-of-malfi/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Mahmudul Hasan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:93:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bangladesh-political-chaos-scaled.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:39:"socio-political|/topics/socio-political";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Sep 20 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:43:"September 20, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:33:"Mahmudul Hasan|/by/mahmudul-hasan";s:5:"theID";i:102748;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"SINCE the fall of Sheikh Hasina and the end of her fifteen-and-half year rule on August 5, a great number of writers, intellectuals and opinion leaders have rightly described her a......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:45:"Hasina’s autocracy and The Duchess of Malfi";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:81:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=mahmudul-hasan";}