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Jul 2024
19m 28s

Why Bangladeshi students say protests ar...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

As internet connections gradually come back online in Bangladesh after deadly protests sparked a shutdown, we hear what students experienced and why they say the protests are not over.

In this episode: 

  • Nazifa Zahnat, student protester
  • Prapti Taposhi, student protester
  • Tasneem, student protester

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Amy Walters, and Sonia Bhagat, with Duha Musaad, Veronique Eshaya, Manahil Naveed, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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