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AL Sharia

(He/Him)
Bangladesh
As seen in: The Financial Express (FE), Mongabay, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Prothom Alo, Daily Observer, Bangladesh Pratidin, Amader Shomoy, Daily Inqilab, Ajker Patrika, The Daily Samakal and
Covers:  Climate change, environmental justice, colonialism, decolonial perspectives, Indigenous cultures, coastal vulnerability, disasters, water security, climate migration, loss and damage
Doesn't Cover: Sports, celebrity news, general business news and unrelated breaking news

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AL Sharia is a Bangladeshi columnist and environmental writer whose work explores climate change, environmental justice, colonialism, decolonial perspectives, Indigenous and local cultures, and the social dimensions of disasters and environmental change.

His writing has appeared in national and international publications, including Mongabay, The Daily Star and The Climate Watch. His work focuses particularly on environmental and climate issues affecting vulnerable communities in Bangladesh, wit…

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How Farmers Lost Their Freedom

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By AL Sharia
| Counterpoint BD
To save agriculture, we must bring back the farmer's lost traditional wisdom. Establishing community-based seed banks at the village level to preserve indigenous seed varieties is the ultimate demand of the hour. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Due to various work assignments, I have been traveling across the roads and fields of the Kolkond char in Rangpur for the past few months. As I move along the paths cutting through the green fields, a sharp chemical odor constantly hits my nose.
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How Salinity is Threatening Coastal Public Health

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By AL Sharia
| Counterpoint BD
The historical responsibility for climate change belongs to the developed world, yet the extreme price is still being paid by our marginalized coastal people. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Imagine a village in Dakop or Satkhira's Shyamnagar. Under the scorching sun, women walk for miles with pitchers on their waists, seeking a distant pond or filter for a little sweet water. Once, this locality had no such scarcity. Safe drinking water was easily available in nearby ponds or tube wells.
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শুধুই কি প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ

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By AL Sharia
| Amader Shomoy
প্রকৃতির খেয়ালই নদীভাঙনের প্রধান কারণ। বর্ষায় যখন উজান থেকে পাহাড়ি ঢল নেমে আসে, তখন প্রবল স্রোতের ধাক্কায় নদীর তীর ক্ষয় হতে থাকে। অতিবৃষ্টি আর বন্যা এই ক্ষয়কে আরও ত্বরান্বিত করে। কোথাও পলি জমে নদী অগভীর হয়ে যায়, আবার কোথাও সেই স্রোত তীরের সবকিছু গ্রাস করে ফেলে। কখনও কখনও ভূমিকম্প বা ভূমির স্
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