Taslima Nasrin (Bengali: তসলিমা নাসরিন IAST Tasalimā Nāsarin, anglicized: Taslima Nasreen; born August 25, 1962 in Maimansingh) is a Bangladeshi physician and writer. Taslima Nasrin advocates for women's equality and opposes the oppression of religious minorities in predominantly Islamic societies, such as her native Bangladesh. She has been threatened with death by Islamic fundamentalists, primarily because of her 1993 Bengali documentary novel Lajja (Bengali: Shame), Read more [...]