Ahmede Hussain

Ahmede Hussain
Born (1978-07-16) July 16, 1978
Bangladesh
OccupationsWriter, editor

Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi writer, journalist and editor.[1] He is the founding editor of the news portal The Deltagram.[2]

His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata, Chittagong in Bangladesh.

He was the Literary Editor of The Daily Star (Bangladesh)[3] and left the newspaper in 2015.[4] He is also a senior journalist with an interest in South Asian politics and strategic affairs.[5]

He edited The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words, an anthology of fiction from the Indian subcontinent.[6][7] The book has been greeted with acclaim: "The richness is all, both in terms of the writers brought together and in the quality of the tales that come to you one after the other".[8] He has finished writing his first novel.[9]

Works

  • Hussain, Ahmede, ed. (2009). The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words. Chennai, India: Tranquebar Press. ISBN 978-9380032450.
  • Blues for Allah, Published from Monash University
  • The Journal of Contemporary Literature, an Indian journal, has published Ahmede Hussain and Tabish Khair's conversations on literature, politics and the world today in its Volume 1, No 1 issue.

References

  1. ^ Hussain, Ahmede (2016-03-29). "#Revolution Made in Facebook". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  2. ^ "Meta shuts down The Deltagram's verified Facebook page after a fake account's report". Bangla Outlook English (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  3. ^ Hussain, Ahmede (2016-03-29). "#Revolution Made in Facebook". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  4. ^ Hussain, Ahmede (2015-02-27). "It Ends Here". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  5. ^ Hussain, Ahmede (2025-12-22). "Washington Can Give Bangladesh's Democracy the Kiss of Life". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  6. ^ "Ahmede Hussain". 28 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Star Weekend Magazine". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  8. ^ "Making Sense of Literary Realities". Star Weekend. The Daily Star. 23 October 2009.
  9. ^ Hussain, Ahmede (2025-12-22). "Ahmede Hussain". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2025-12-22.