Naomi Hossain
@naomihossain.bsky.social
I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
Enjoyed, if that is the right word, having this convo with @danbanik.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Bangladesh: How a ‘basket case’ became a development pioneer – Naomi Hossain
Podcast Episode · In Pursuit of Development · 10/22/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Enjoyed, if that is the right word, having this convo with @danbanik.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Reposted by Naomi Hossain
Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch!
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Join us this Thursday for @terminalias.bsky.social's book launch!
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
📅30 Oct, 5pm, SWLT
Register here➡️: shorturl.at/OGUoh
@soasuni.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
The failed effort by a handful of London Awami Leaguers to disrupt a talk @soasuni.bsky.social last Friday triggered further thoughts about the poor state of Bangladesh Studies more generally. 🇧🇩
en.prothomalo.com/opinion/w6ke...
en.prothomalo.com/opinion/w6ke...
We need Bangladesh Studies more than ever
Amid political pressures and restricted scholarship, independent Bangladesh Studies are more vital than ever. Exploring history, politics, and culture freely is key to nurturing intellectual growth an...
en.prothomalo.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The failed effort by a handful of London Awami Leaguers to disrupt a talk @soasuni.bsky.social last Friday triggered further thoughts about the poor state of Bangladesh Studies more generally. 🇧🇩
en.prothomalo.com/opinion/w6ke...
en.prothomalo.com/opinion/w6ke...
The Revolution Will Not Be - my mini-review of an excellent short new book about the Bangladesh uprisings
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The Revolution Will Not Be
My mini-review of the brilliant Inquilab Zindabad? A socialist analysis of Bangladesh after the uprisings (Safieh Kabir, Azfar Shafi and Saif Kazi; London: Nijjor Manush; August 2025)
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Revolution Will Not Be - my mini-review of an excellent short new book about the Bangladesh uprisings
open.substack.com/pub/naomihos...
open.substack.com/pub/naomihos...
France, Nepal, Japan. The centre palpably cannot hold
The embattled party faces mounting pressure over soaring rice prices, declining birth rates and immigration.
Japan’s ruling LDP to pick new leader after PM Ishiba resigns
The embattled party faces mounting pressure over soaring rice prices, declining birth rates and immigration.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
France, Nepal, Japan. The centre palpably cannot hold
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The grift goes on.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The grift goes on.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Being against war is woke which is how you know woke is good
President Trump signs order rebranding Pentagon as the Department of War
The president said the switch to the Department of Defense title after the Second World War was a "woke" move
news.sky.com/story/presid...
The president said the switch to the Department of Defense title after the Second World War was a "woke" move
news.sky.com/story/presid...
President Trump signs order rebranding Pentagon as the Department of War
The president said the switch to the Department of Defense title after the Second World War was a "woke" move.
news.sky.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Being against war is woke which is how you know woke is good
Really helpful and practical advice here from an expert on asylum accommodation @sundersays.bsky.social
"Five lessons the UK can learn from Italy’s asylum accommodation crisis"@terminalias.bsky.social
draws on his extensive research to explain why.
Read the full blog➡️: shorturl.at/C9JbG
@naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social
draws on his extensive research to explain why.
Read the full blog➡️: shorturl.at/C9JbG
@naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Really helpful and practical advice here from an expert on asylum accommodation @sundersays.bsky.social
Belated Happy Dog Day from Truffle B. Hossain 🐶♥️🐕🦺
August 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Belated Happy Dog Day from Truffle B. Hossain 🐶♥️🐕🦺
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Majd is only 17 years old and yet is responsible for helping his whole family including his little brother. Mahmoud, 12 and his two little sisters Mariam, 13 and Hoda, 10. It is a huge amount of responsibility for a kid ❤️
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Majd is only 17 years old and yet is responsible for helping his whole family including his little brother. Mahmoud, 12 and his two little sisters Mariam, 13 and Hoda, 10. It is a huge amount of responsibility for a kid ❤️
August 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding.”
@naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp
#ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029
@naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp
#ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding.”
@naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp
#ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029
@naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp
#ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029
Reposted by Naomi Hossain
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hayat. Hayat has three children Hadeel, 10, Mohammed, 8 and Abeer, 5. They lost their home and are in tents. In addition to her children she is whenever she can helping her large family including her parents and seven siblings.
August 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hayat. Hayat has three children Hadeel, 10, Mohammed, 8 and Abeer, 5. They lost their home and are in tents. In addition to her children she is whenever she can helping her large family including her parents and seven siblings.
Reposted by Naomi Hossain
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That’s fabulous I will share
The story I heard concerned a Japanese businessman who was told we were going to make our universities more businesslike.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
July 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
That’s fabulous I will share
