Saa Nasta Newsletter

07/11/2025

Do you feel the Mamdani effect?

On Tuesday night, I was in Dearborn covering the incumbent Mayor Abdullah Hammoud’s election watch party, waiting for him to greet the room packed with people eating shawarmas, drinking coffee, and taking selfies as they waited for a nod on whether he won the election.

31/10/2025

How are you stepping up to give back to others in your community? Local food pantries need our help. Learn more at the Saa Nasta Newsletter.

SNAP benefits in limbo for 42 million people in the U.S.

03/10/2025

How are houses of worship responding to threats?

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Michigan chapter tells mosques to increase security.

28/12/2024

Check out Saa Nasta Newsletter's 2024 recap

Dear Readers,

30/11/2024

Get ahead of the winter blues with sunlight and exercise

Dear Readers,

17/11/2024

https://saanasta.substack.com/p/bangladeshi-mother-daughter-duo-break

03/08/2024

Guest writer Fatema Haque shares how her journey to Bangladesh with her father provided an opportunity to share meaningful memories with him, as he battles Lewy Body Dementia.

Check out the full story in the latest Saa Nasta Newsletter.

In Search of 'Bari': A Journey to Bangladesh with My Father

20/07/2024

Dozens of student protestors were killed and hundreds wounded this week in Bangladesh among calls for the end to a quota that allocates one-third of government jobs to descendants of Bangladesh's freedom fighters. Students say the discriminatory policy puts the country's youth in a vulnerable position to compete for a limited number of government jobs, in an already struggling economy with a lack of jobs for youth.

Michigan Bangladeshi students and community members gathered this week to protest the killings and stand in solidarity with the students.

Read more in the Saa Nasta Newsletter.

Community members condemn the killing of student protestors, encourage dialogue between government officials and students to modify quota

01/06/2024

WSU Pro-Palestinian encampment taken down by police raid. Read more in the newsletter.

Dear Saa Nasta Newsletter readers, This week we’re catching up on the latest happenings of the encampment at Wayne State University. In Hamtramck, the city council passed a BDS resolution. Also, check out a few events taking place this weekend. In peace,

25/05/2024

Stay updated about the latest developments on WSU encampment and student's demands for divestment.

Dear Saa Nasta readers, There’s a new encampment in Detroit. During Mental Health Awareness Month, an instructor provides Mental Health First Aid courses. Macomb County Public Works launched a new drone and software program to gather data about sanitary pipes in the county.

17/05/2024

Eida Hussain has worked for the Hamtramck Police Department in various roles for the past five years. This week she was inaugurated as the first Bengali female officer for the department. Check it out on Saa Nasta Newsletter.

Dear Saa Nasta readers, This week has been a busy one. The City of Hamtramck has officially sworn in the new police chief and two women officers, a Hamtramck High School alumna shares her experience as a first-year Harvard student, and there are several opportunities to get involved in the community...

20/04/2024

In our latest edition of Saa Nasta Newsletter, Warren Police shoot an 18-year-old Bangladeshi boy. An investigation is under way about the details leading up to the incident.

Dear Saa Nasta Readers, This week the Warren Police Department released a bodycam in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Bangladeshi man who was suffering a mental health crisis, according to his family. An organization in New York is collecting money for the family of a 19-year-old who was also ki...