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HerStory Foundation empowers girls and women through storytelling, awareness and capacity building.

HerStory creates social impact in Bangladesh through programming for women in leadership and the arts. We focus on the documentation of female history of Bangladesh to create contextual educational and motivational material for all ages.

Photos from HerStory's post 17/06/2026

Keroo: How Plants Eat Sunshine the debut children's book by Fahima Islam is out in Bookworm Bangladesh and our page!

Illustrated by Ishrat Jahan Shaira
Age 7+
Price 550 BDT

14/06/2026

🌝 āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āφāϏ⧁āύ 'āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒ⧁āϰ' āĻāϰ āφāϜāĻŦ āĻĻ⧁āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇! 🌙

āĻœā§āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāĻ­āϰāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āφāϞ⧋āĻ­āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϟāĻž āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ⧁ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻœā§āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻ–āύāχ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧀ āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ 'āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž'āĨ¤ āφāϞ⧋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻžāϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻ•āϰ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϟāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āχāĨ¤

āĻ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇! āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύ, āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āφāϰ āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇āĨ¤

āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻžāρāĻĨāĻž 'āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ' āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻ•āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ-āĻā§ˇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŦā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ—ā§āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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Step into the magical realm of "Mayapur" with our amazing storyteller, Swarna!

Peaceful, moonlit Mayapur plunges into darkness after a wicked magician steals the Moon Granny's glowing lantern. While the villagers lose hope, a brave young girl named Maya refuses to give up. A courageous journey to bring the light back to her home.
Watch the full video to see how courage and kindness can dispel even the deepest shadows!

The limited edition story-prompt is available at Bookworm Bangladesh. This project is made possible through the 2024 International Collaboration Grant of the British Council Bangladesh

08/06/2026

🔈āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻŽ āϰ⧋āϕ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻšā§‹āϏ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āϰāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāύāĻž'āϏ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒ⧇āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϞ āύāĻžāϟāĻ• 'āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āϞ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ' āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻ“ āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻļāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

⏰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ: āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ā§§ā§§āχ āϜ⧁āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§ĢāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧝āϟāĻžāĨ¤

⏰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ : āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ⧧⧍āχ āϜ⧁āύ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ, āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§§ā§ĻāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ ā§§āϟāĻžāĨ¤

đŸ§ŋ āĻ•āϞāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•: āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ⧧⧍āχ āϜ⧁āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧝āϟāĻžāĨ¤

āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ-āϜ⧁āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ-āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

â­đŸŒđŸ“ŖAPPLICATION FORM: https://forms.gle/oPZ9Wcb4TQGWdfE8A

āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāχāĻŽā§‡āύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ (WOW) āĻĢāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻļāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

03/06/2026

đŸ“Ŗ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻŽ āϰ⧋āϕ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻšā§‹āϏ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āϰāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāύāĻž'āϏ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒ⧇āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϞ āύāĻžāϟāĻ• 'āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ' āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻ“ āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻļāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ: āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ā§§ā§§āχ āϜ⧁āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§ĢāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧝āϟāĻžāĨ¤
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ : āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ⧧⧍āχ āϜ⧁āύ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ, āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§§ā§ĻāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ ā§§āϟāĻžāĨ¤
āĻ•āϞāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•: āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ, ⧧⧍āχ āϜ⧁āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧝āϟāĻžāĨ¤

āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ-āϜ⧁āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ-āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

đŸ“Ŗ đŸ“Ŗ đŸ“Ŗ APPLICATION FORM: https://forms.gle/oPZ9Wcb4TQGWdfE8A

āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāχāĻŽā§‡āύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ (WOW) āĻĢāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻļāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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Nawab Faizunnesa was here 18/05/2026

Happy birthday to Nawab Faizunnesa - writer and social reformer from Comilla.

Nawab Faizunnesa was here The Dhaka-Cumilla bus tickets are Tk 250 for non-AC, Tk 350 for AC, and Tk 400 for AC VIP. Window seats must be negotiated on the spot. The journey takes three to six hours, past the old capital of Sonargaon, where the moisture in the air inspired the muslin, across the Gomati river and into Cumilla...

16/05/2026

āϚāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĨ¤ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĨāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇āχ āϝ⧇āύ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϤāĻ›āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϕ⧇!

Books With Nahiyan āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ–āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĨ¤ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĨ¤

āϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āĻāĻĄāĻŋāĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋ-āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§āĻĒāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ Bookworm Bangladesh-āĻāĨ¤

āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ British Council Bangladesh-āĻāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāϰ International Collaboration Grant-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

16/05/2026

Prepping for đŸ’Ĩ ZINE MELA JUNE 6-7 @

Binding workshop with .jubair_photos at .official and .publishers

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15/05/2026

Printing and binding workshop with Muhammad Jubair at our Zine Mela final prep meet!

ZINE MELA JUNE 6-7

In collaboration with .publishers

Photos from HerStory's post 20/04/2026

THE CHADER BURIS showed up en masse at Bookworm! The storytellers spun original tales about inspired by the Chader Buri story cloth and inspired audience members to join in.

4 hours of storytelling by our stellar Chader Buris:

Shakil & Maria (who unlocked the stories using Neil Mama's key)
Chenoa Chowdhury
Erin Wilson
Jarin Tasnim
Sirajum Munira
Ahsan Nahiyan (Books With Nahiyan)
āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧁āĻĢāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻž
Afra Ibnat

And many inspired audience members!

Special shout out to Omar and Shafrin who led a story karaoke to share the origina story of 💎 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS 💎

💗 And our heart is always warm in the company of the Bookworm family.

The storycloth is available at Bookworm and made possible through the support of the International Collaboration Grant of the British Council.

🌟 Our partner in this journey was the phenomenal Bok Bok Books. Watch out for their nakshi kantha storybook coming soon.

🌝 The light side was designed by the stellar Kazi Istela Imam

🌚 The dark side was designed by the exceptional Ibraheem Paling

đŸ§ĩ The production of the 200 kantha story cloths was in the caring hands of Sraboni Mahalder of Naksha Mistri

Photography and recording by Nazim Uddin Rabi

23/02/2026

COME LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF THE BD WEB & DISCUSS ONLINE REALITIES THROUGH THE GENDER LENS đŸ•¸ī¸ Sat, 28 February @ 11am📍 Goethe-Institut Library 📝 2-sec registration in bio

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