"I wrote Asha’s story to give voice to all the women in rural Bangladesh who cannot speak out against their abusers or society."
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Aliya Khan is a Bangladeshi born female, who lives in Ontario, Canada. She completed her BA in Business with a minor in English in 2000 from Iowa and then her MA in English in 2021 from SNHU. She is a certified ESL/ TESL teacher and works as a Business and ESL teacher. She spends her free time with her family and three cats. Her earlier publications were for an English newspaper in Bangladesh, where she would occasionally publish her observations, thoughts or experiences such as postpartum depression. In Canada she presented her writing for the feminist conference to create awareness of depression and cultural oppression. Aliya writes stories as an auto ethnographer to create a world where there is space for women of different colour, culture and traditions. She wants people to become aware of the issues with cultural pressure, body image, expectations from women, subjugation. But also, to make society realize the resilience and core strength that exists within women as well.
"Ami Tau Ami (I Am Who I Am), is a story about a mother letting go of her own dreams but passing it to her daughter, as my mother did for me."
"My stories are meant to give women from Bangladesh a chance to show their strength and resilience. It is a way for me to try to connect with the rest of the world despite the differences in language and culture."
