Author, Secular Humanist, Feminist, Physician
Taslima Nasreen, an award-winning writer, physician, secular humanist and human rights activist, is known for her powerful writings on women oppression and unflinching criticism of religion, despite …
Recent Writings
Her autobiography, Meyebela (“girlhood” in Bengali), is a richly detailed story of a traditional upbringing amid difficult change…
A Richly Detailed Story
USA Today"Taslima Nasrin has spoken out about the oppression of women under Islam, and what she's said needed saying."
She’s Said Needed Saying
Salman RushdieTaslima Nasrin, the fiery feminist from Bangladesh who angered the Muslim clergy in her country by questioning the Koran...
Questioning the Koran
Washington Post"Nasrin's voice is the voice of humanism everywhere."
The Voice of Humanism
Wole Soyinka"Nasrin writes hauntingly of a childhood of confusion and pain."
Nasrin Writes Hauntingly
Publishers WeeklyNasrin’s Meyebela will, like Huckleberry Finn, become a classic of controversy, hated, loved, banned, made a school text, removed from the schools and fought over as long as people read.
Controversy, Hated, Loved, Banned
The Nation