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Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).

From 'Seam', a book in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, co-published with Southern Illinois University Press. Copyright © 2014 by Tarfia Faizullah.

Both Khatun and Okseon are among multiple subjects of Bangladeshi-Korean filmmaker Shekh Al Mamun’s 2020 documentary “Why Not”. The film was screened at the 8th Kolkata People’s Film Festival in the first week of April 2022. “Why Not” brings forth the issue of Korean comfort women and Bangladeshi Biranganas. The documentary, through memory threads, weaves together a story of

Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of Independence but the occasion also marks a half century of violation of large numbers of Bengali women. The Telegraph revisits the biranganas and what they have had to endure