12 Facts About Farhad Mazhar

Farhad Mazhar is a Bangladeshi poet, philosopher, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist.

Farhad Mazhar is one of the founders and the managing director of UBINIG.

Farhad Mazhar studied political economy in The New School for Social Research.

Farhad Mazhar is the founding member and managing director of UBINIG, a policy research and advocacy group in Bangladesh working as an integral part of the community with the grassroots people to strengthen common resistance against the dominant processes of globalisation as well as creating space for strategic negotiations whenever possible.

Since the early days of his intellectual career, Farhad Mazhar has always been committed to Karl Marx, particularly because of his analysis of capital and the formation of revolutionary subjects.

Farhad Mazhar is virulently critical of the vulgar materialist reduction of Marx's contribution as well as the teachings of his revolutionary followers by the conventional left in Bangladesh.

Farhad Mazhar argues for a new politics which is more informed by the experience of the failure of previous socialist projects and the recent developments in philosophy and politics.

Farhad Mazhar has recently reminded me that I had counseled him to sink himself in Lalan.

In 2017, Farhad Mazhar was found on a bus after his family had reported him missing.

Farhad Mazhar sparked a police hunt after leaving his Dhaka home on Monday morning.

Police said Farhad Mazhar was eventually found on a bus travelling to the capital from the south-western city of Khulna.

Farhad Mazhar is married to Farida Akhter, adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.