Bangladeshi-American Writer, Educator, and Fiber Artist

Publications

Concept and Story: Fatema Haque; Art: Sneha Reddy

Concept and Story: Fatema Haque; Art: Sneha Reddy

 Selected Publications

In Search of ‘Bari’: A Journey to Bangladesh with My Father in Saa Nasta Newsletter, August 2024. [Essay]

Five Things She Brought with Her to the End of the World in Hayden’s Ferry Review, April 2024. [Short Fiction.]

Dipu Dies in Kajal Magazine, December 2023. [Short Fiction.]

The Unanticipated Gifts of Making Art in Bengalis of New York, November 2023. [Essay]

Strategies to Support Caregivers in Saa Nasta Newsletter, November 2023. [Essay]

“Joy 1” and “Joy 2” in Clearline Magazine, Issue 005 Land: Farm to Fashion, Fall 2023. [Art]

Masturbation, Pleasure, & Feminist Politics in To Us & Ours: An Asian American Feminist Collection, September 2021. [Essay]

All Roads Lead to Slash in I Hope You’ll Still Love Me, June 2021. [Essay]

Rediscovering the Childhood Magic of Ramadan in Bengalis of New York, May 2021. [Essay]

Binge-Watching: The Socially Acceptable Addiction in Brown Girl Magazine, February 2018. [Essay]

The Damaging Narrative of ‘I Would’ve Told’ in Brown Girl Magazine, August 2016. [Essay]

What Does a Sexual Assault Survivor Look Like to You? in Brown Girl Magazine, August 2016. [Essay]

Featured In

Fiber artist Fatema Haque hosts embroidery workshop as part of new Bengali exhibit, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 8 October 2024.

New Hamtramck Historical Museum exhibit to focus on Bengali diaspora, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 23 September 2024.

Long untold story of Metro Detroit’s Bengali community comes to life in sprawling museum display, Model D, September 2024.

Capturing the Bangladeshi diaspora through embroidered portraits, From Other to Center, August 2024.

Ageless creativity and community building in needlework art, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 14 August 2024.

Divine Artistic Expression, Threads: The Art Exchange, May 2024.

How do you learn self-compassion? Break Away: Leadership for a Sound Mindy & Body, April 2024.

Fatema Haque explores Bangladeshi community through portrait project, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 12 January 2024.

‘Bangladeshis in Michigan’ exhibit highlights growth of the community, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 11 December 2023.

Fatema Haque’s Hand Embroidery Captures Immigration History, Bangla Shangbad, 2 December 2023.

How can you give and receive constructive feedback?, Break Away: Leadership for a Sound Mind & Body, December 2023.

Followership with Leadership for Social Good, Lead & Follow, 22 October 2023.

What’s the difference between Feminine and Feminist Leadership?, Break Away: Leadership for a Sound Mind and Body, April 2023.

Fatema Haque embroiders leaders through teaching and fiber art, UofM Detroit Center, 8 March 2023.

Detroit artist uses embroidery to drive social change in a new exhibit, WDET - Detroit’s NPR Station, 12 October 2022.

How women in Detroit’s Bangladeshi communities cope with mental health stigma — and fight it, Detour Detroit, 10 May 2021.

US elections: Will the Bangladeshi-American vote matter?, Dhaka Tribune, 11 October 2020.

As Census Wraps, These Michigan Women Won’t Let Their Communities Go Uncounted, WDET Detroit’s NPR Station, 23 September 2020.

Half of Hamtramck didn’t complete the Census, and that’s a big problem, Yemeni American News, 6 September 2020

‘A political awakening’: how south Asians could tilt key US elections, The Guardian, 3 September 2020

Episode 020: Rising Voices of Asian American Families, Bring Your Own Baggage Podcast, May 2020

The Unerased Book Club Recordings

book club discussions & author interviews

UBC in conversation with Courtney Milan, author of The Duke Who Didn’t, Instagram Live, 18 July 2024.

UBC in conversation with Yangsze Choo, author of The Night Tiger, Instagram Live, 22 May 2024.

UBC in conversation with Lamya H., author of Hijab Butch Blues, Instagram Live, 28 March 2024.

UBC in conversation with Nadia Hashimi, author of Sparks Like Stars, Instagram Live, 25 October 2023.

UBC in conversation with Ryka Aoki, author of Light From Uncommon Stars, Instagram Live, 26 September 2023.

UBC in conversation with Jane Pek, author of The Verifiers, Instagram Live, 25 July 2023.

UBC in conversation with Robin Ha, author of Almost American Girl, Instagram Live, 23 May 2023.

UBC in conversation with Daphne Palasi Andreades, author of Brown Girls, Instagram Live, 19 April 2023.

UBC in conversation with Nishant Batsha, author of Mother Ocean Father Nation, Instagram Live, 21 March 2023.

UBC in conversation with Craig Santos Perez, author of From Unincorporated Territory [Guma’], Instagram Live, 9 February 2023.

UBC in conversation with K-Ming Chang, author of Gods of Want and Bestiary, Instagram Live, 26 January 2023.

UBC in conversation with Amanda Jayatissa, author of My Sweet Girl, Instagram Live, 19 October 2022.

UBC in conversation with Trung Le Nguyen, author of The Magic Fish, Instagram Live, 15 February 2022.

UBC in conversation with Rajiv Mohabir, author of Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir, Instagram Live, 19 January 2022.

UBC in conversation with Nayomi Munaweera, author of What Lies Between Us, Instagram Live, 28 August 2021.

UBC in conversation with Rishi Reddi, author of Passage West, Instagram Live, 2 July 2021.

UBC in conversation with Pornsak Pichetshote, author of Infidel, Instagram Live, 24 April 2021.