My guest today on the #Nabanoor #podcast is the super-talented Antora Mehrukh Azad. She is a Dhaka-based visual artist, entrepreneur/co-owner of the online clothing store The Malachite Casket : দি মালাকাইট ক্যাসকেট

My guest today on the #Nabanoor #podcast is the sweetest Syeda Tasnim Rahman, an animator and artist.

My beautiful and talented guest Kabery Sultana is with us on the 31st episode of the #Nabanoor #podcast and we are so excited to have her. She is an artist who completed her BFA and MFA From Jahangirnagar University with a major in Drawing & Painting. She is now well-known as a disability rights specialist and activist. Her advocacy work for people with disabilities revolves around accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the physical environment; equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing; and freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations. Kabery is currently working as a National UN Volunteer Specialist while also working as a chairperson of MDPOD (Manikganj Disabled People’s Organization to Development). She is also the Founder of the Advocacy Group for Person’s with Disability, Jahangirnagar University. This multi-talented human being is also an acclaimed Reciter, and Recitation trainer and was the Ex-vice president of “Dhoni” (2017 to 2018), Jahangirnagar University. Apart from her huge resume she also dipped her toes in the beauty pageant scene of Bangladesh and became the Semi-Finalist of Codomo Miss Evergreen Bangladesh in 2023.

My guest today on the Nabanoor Podcast is Anisha Aulad, a lecturer at the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). This beautiful human being is also a mother of a two-year-old baby boy and completed her postgrad from University of Nottingham. Before her teaching career she also worked at KPMG and bKash.

My guest today on the #Nabanoor #podcast is Kanij Sabrina Rahman. She is an artist, activist, freelance animator, and graphic designer. She also completed her post-grad in stop motion animation from Barcelona, Spain.

Though my guest today on the #Nabanoor #podcast needs no introduction, it is an absolute honor that the one and only Sadia Khalid Reeti will be among us. This gorgeous woman with a beautiful soul is the first Bangladeshi woman to serve as a FIPRESCI jury member at the prestigious Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival). And she did it twice. She has also served as a jury member at numerous international film festivals in Italy, India, England, Nepal, France, Russia, Bangladesh and most recently Iran, to name just a few. Sadia studied Screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has also worked as an entertainment journalist in Dhaka and Los Angeles since 2012. A Berlinale Talent Press alumna, she attended mentorship programs with Film Independent and Locarno Open Doors. She also teaches film studies at different universities and institutions and is the recipient of Charles Wallace Fellowship from the British Council and also a voting member of the prestigious Golden Globes Award. Sadia is currently a member of the National Film Advisory Committee in Bangladesh.

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My guest today on the #Nabanoor #podcast is the gorgeous Mumtahina Ferdous Marjan, a Lecturer at the Department of English, Varendra University, Rajshahi. She also talks about her life growing up in Rajshahi and the pros and cons of being a young university teacher.

My next guest on the #Nabanoor #podcast is the wonderful Hafsa Ema a development professional and aspiring content creator. Completing her SSC and HSC Mymensigh Girls’ Cadet College and Business Administration undergrad from Jahangirnagar University, Ema is currently working as a Communication Specialist at Sustainable Agriculture Foundation. She is involved in a project that works to ensure nutrition in urban & suburban areas for unprivileged people. The project also works with local farmers to enhance the production of safe vegetables. Apart from her current job and two years of experience in the corporate IT sector, she is also doing a Masters in Development Studies at BRAC University. Ema will also share her journey and transition from Bangladesh's corporate to the development and non-profit sector.