Browse by author: Nargis Rahman


Creating Community


Nargis Hakim Rahman writes on the conclusion of her 2020-21 Archival Creators Fellowship, and celebrates the stories of Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs in Metro Detroit who found ways to uphold tradition and culture while opening non-traditional businesses. You can find and visit these spaces using a map included in the article!

Bangladeshi Third Spaces


Where do women gather? Archival Creators Fellow Nargis Rahman answers this question as she writes on Bangladeshi third spaces created behind the scenes by women to gather—or going one step further to create business models outside of traditional brick-and-mortars.

Redefining Entrepreneurship


Metro Detroit’s Bangladeshi women create community minded businesses in the age of social media