Marina Tabashum of Bangladesh is among the top 10 thinkers in the world



Marina Tabashum of Bangladesh is among the top 10 thinkers in the world



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Published: 6 September 2020, 18:09

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Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabashum has been ranked in the top 10 out of 50 thinkers in the British magazine Prospect. He got third place out of 10. A report published in the September 2 prospectus states that the top 10 to 50 people will be elected through voting. Kerala Health Minister KK Shailja topped the list.

Prospect published the list of 50 best thinkers on July 14. There is nothing more important than creating perceptions among people to answer unknown questions about practical ideas and thoughts, the magazine said.

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After 50 people were elected in July, 20,000 votes were taken to select the top 10 again. Marina Tabashum, who finished third there, was quoted as saying, ‘She is focused on one real problem. And that is climate change. As a result, he has designed to build suitable houses when the water level rises. '

Marina Tabashum won the Jamil Prize in 2016 as an architect for an artistically designed mosque called Baitur Rauf in the south of Dhaka. Earlier in 2016, he received the prestigious Aga Khan Award for the same design. Designed in the style of Sultanate architecture, the mosque was built in 2012 in Dhaka.

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This time, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailja, who is in the top 10 in the list of prospects, has played a huge role in protecting the people of the state from Kovid-19. India's Kerala has gained global recognition for its prevention of infection. In January, when the infection was spreading in China, the minister, known as 'Teacher', started preparing in his home state. Based on the World Health Organization's (WHO) policy of 'testing, identifying and isolating', he began working to prevent infection. Get the results. New Zealand has so far shown success in preventing the transmission of this covid-19. The country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in second place.

Bangladesh's Marina Tabashum is followed by the African-American philosopher Cornell West, the Brazilian political scientist Ilona Jabo de Carvalho, the historian Olivet Otelle, the American geographer Ruth Wilson Gilmore, the Belgian philosopher Philippe Gonzalez, and the Netherlands biographer Jonis.