CANADA: Academia rallies over Bangladeshi attack

A savage attack in Bangladesh that blinded a University of British Columbia graduate student has bolstered support for efforts to open the doors to Canadian higher education wider in South Asia, write James Bradshaw, Jill Mahoney and Stephanie Nolen for The Globe and Mail.

Academics and students are leading a large Canadian contingent rallying behind 33-year-old Rumana Monzur, who had her eyes gouged and a part of her nose bitten off while visiting her family in Bangladesh. Her husband, Hassan Syeed, was arrested 10 days later and reportedly confessed to assaulting her.

At UBC, Monzur is taking a master's degree in political science - specialising in climate change - and holds a post as assistant professor in Dhaka University's international relations department. Students describe her as happy, brilliant, studious and devout, but the shocking 5 June assault has shattered that life.
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