Naomi Hossain
@nomhossain
@SOASDevelopment Professor. I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
So my article about the resounding silence of the Bangladeshi elite regarding the 1974 famine was met with - a resounding silence from the Bangladeshi elite. en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/…
New Accountability Note! How can civil society network and an official state oversight body interface for a shared agenda of systemic education reform? @joyaceron_ph & @AbrehetGG share a case study from the Philippines bit.ly/4f3yVHm
They are dying before our eyes. Being starved to death and then killed when they try to access food. I have never witnessed a horror like this, deliberately and coldly perpetrated against an entire people, enabled by the Western world that claims moral authority over the rest.
A tipping point has been reached. Gaza is now starving to death in front of the whole world. Those who facilitated and justified this abomination were given ample warning for 21 months. You have no excuses, and nowhere to hide: you will be held to account for what you've done.
So tired of living in this cruel world. Khawla needs $1000 to pay her rent. Her children go hungry every day. This is them sleeping due to hunger. Help her 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 chuffed.org/project/127664…
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
New English language Podcast - Bangladesh focused; global in scope. Under theauspices of @Brainbd1 and @CounterpointBD. Co-Hosts are @JonFDanilowicz and @ZafarSobhan Enjoy the first episode - youtu.be/ThH_e-wD3bk?si…
"Mother of the nation" to the police: chase the protestors into the alleys and then when they are trapped, kill them
Remarkable film showing that Sheikh Hasina personally gave orders to shoot protestors in 2024. She was utterly ruthless, clinging desperately to power till the bitter end. Amazing film from @AJEnglish, avoids glamorising victims & shows how pointless & tragic their deaths were.
Watch the English version on @AJEnglish aje.io/Hasina36July
I have never felt so shaken. Children are dying of hunger. Falling one after another, like petals of a dying flower. Under our watch. How do you sleep, Presidents, Foreign Ministers, political leaders, diplomats, civil servants - doing nothing to stop Israel’s starvation…
The sheer intellectual collapse you have to experience to be faced with 122 international aid organisations telling you the same thing... ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZANS... only to decide they are ALL lying & that actually Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial for fraud, is telling the truth.
So which journal will right this wrong and publish this issue immediately? @devcomms @IAFFE @CanDevStudies theguardian.com/education/2025…
David Lammy: "There can be no justification for shooting people as they are queuing for food. None whatsoever"
I think most people have forgotten the genocide And famine in Gaza If you haven't forgotten, leave a comment so I can see you
Stop selling arms to Israel then.
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid. gov.uk/government/new…
Yesterday I asked chatgpt to look for articles discussing whether Sheikh Hasina's downfall was unexpected. ChatGPT: "As of now (July 2025), Sheikh Hasina has not experienced a definitive political downfall, at least in the traditional sense of being ousted from power..."