Rokeya waged a persistent struggle for female education braving the social norms and barriers that dictated an all-male presence in education and stood between women and intellectual culture. She did not believe in any disparity or discipline differences between male and female education and sought women's access invariably to all branches of k

AbuSulayman's commitment to IIUM, in terms of both blood and treasure, was phenomenal. I often hear senior colleagues mention his devotion, hard work and monetary contributions that he made to the university. As Mohd. Kamal Hassan metaphorically stated, IIUM was AbuSulayman's "youngest and most beloved child." In some way, IIUM has

One brand of women’s rights movement is aggressive, strident anti-male feminism that essentialises men as oppressors and women as oppressed. Such simplistic Manichaean divisions of human beings risk fostering gender hostility, which may not be helpful in establishing gender justice. In Rokeya’s feminist writing, it is not male versus female —

Background: Hypercholesterolaemia is recognized as a factor associated with male infertility. However, currently, there is limited therapy available. Tualang honey (TH) is a type of Malaysian polyfloral wild honey produced by the rock bee (Apis dorsata) proven to exert both anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects. Objective: This study aimed t

Background: Hypercholesterolaemia is recognized as a factor associated with male infertility. However, currently, there is limited therapy available. Tualang honey (TH) is a type of Malaysian polyfloral wild honey produced by the rock bee (Apis dorsata) proven to exert both anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects. Objective: This study aimed t

South Asian Atiya Fyzee and her Turkish contemporary Zeyneb Hanoum were epistolary travel writers. Despite their variant geographical identities, both had Turkish connections and share similarities in their work. Both made trips to Europe in the early twentieth century when international travel was not as common as it is today. The preferred mode o

Shah Abdul Hannan was a great believer in Islam and lover of his country. He would reach out to any groups that work for one or both of these two entities. He had friends in major political parties and through them conveyed advice to the leadership for the betterment of Bangladesh. He always highlighted the good attributes of people and hardly spok

Often lost in WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter discussions, many academics stray from the pursuit of research and scholarship. Conversely, the slimy and sleazy ones use the vast resources of the Internet to cut and paste materials (words and/or ideas) and insert them in their own writings without acknowledging the sources. Thus, responsible usage of

In his autobiography, Khairabadi provides an eye-witness account of the Great Rebellion of 1857-59 and its aftermath. A landmark event in British colonial history in South Asia, the Great Rebellion (known as Sepoy Mutiny in colonial officialese) impacted colonial relations in the region for the next ninety years. A number of local patriots and free

Nowadays, we often come across unpleasant media reports involving vice-chancellors of various universities in Bangladesh. They reportedly unleash musclemen in the guise of student activists to crush legitimate movements of ordinary students. Academic administrators’ desire to exercise political power at the expense of academic traditions have wor