| Notes | Authors, Abdul Hasan, Asma Begum, Charlotte Latimer, Donna Joseph, Farida Momtaz, Jubaida Begum, Koyer Ahmed, Raju Vaidyanathan, Sultana Begum, Syeda Tasmia Tahia, Tahera Ali, Tasmia Salim, Tasnia Maimunah Begum.
Contents: Pt. 1: Introduction -- Project launch -- Pt. 2, Research articles: Post-war migration / Asma Begum (project participant) -- Shipping out shipping in / Donna Joseph (project participant) -- Bangladeshi political participation / Farida Momtaz (project participant) -- My machine, my friend / Koyer Ahmed (project participant) -- Regeneration and physical changes / Raju Vaidyanathan (project participant) -- Changing contexts of the time : economy / Tasnia Maimunah Begum (project participant) -- Pt. 3, interviews: Early Bangladeshi home seamstresses: They were left with little other choices / Tasmia Salim (project participant) ; I got my children ready and then set on the machine / Fatima Begum ; I suffered acute back pain from working so hard / Fozia Begum ; I learnt to sew by going to our neighbour's house / Kazi Hurmotjan Begum (Shafia) ; When I first came, I felt lonely and helpless / Khudija Khatun ; My first wage was ten pounds and I was so happy / Rabeya Begum ; Sewing wasn't easy because I had other household responsibilities / Rabia Khan ; I always encourage people to utilise their skills / Shamsun Nahar Chowdhury -- Later Bangladeshi home seamstresses: They were not driven by economic neccessity / Tahera Ali (project participant) ; My children used to cut off the extra threads / Asia Begum ; People used to form queues to come to my classes / Musammat Rasheda Begum ; I felt lonely and something was missing / Rahima Jahan ; Most importantly, I sew for my children / Tayeeba Begum -- Sons of Bangladeshi home seamstresses: Sitting next to the machine for long hours, inhaling fibres / Abdul Hasan (project participant) ; Collected another sack full of cut materials / Fazlul Islam ; She was sewing all the time / H I ; Every woman on our street had their sewing machines / Salam Jones ; Don't remember a moment when my mum just relaxed / Tajima Khanon and Foysal Ali -- Daughters of Bangladeshi home seamstresses: She grew up watching her mother help her father / Sayeda Tasmia Tahia (project participant) ; After coming home from school, I helped my mum / Amina Begum ; In my mother's little spare time, she used to teach us the Quran / Rahima Islam ; Women do a lot of work but don't get the recognition / Shahanara Begum ; A lot of the seamstresses had difficult husbands / Sultana Ali Begum -- Non-Bangladeshi home seamstresses: Diversity in East London / Charlotte Latimer (project participant) ; I made my first leather jacket during the course / Anjum Ishtiak ; I acquired sewing skills at home in Ethiopia from my mother / Laila Al-Ademi ; The burden and stress were far greater than the feeling of joy / Saba Khan ; I worked as a seamstress from 1980 to 1995 / Samina Mahmood -- Rag traders: With an entrepreneurial spirit they adapted their business / Jubaida Begum (project participant) ; At our factory, my wife managed the work / Ahmet Ibrahim ; The Bangladeshi machinists were like my sons / Harold Mordrick ; Our products sold globally to brands like Harrods / Kutub Uddin ; They warned the skinheads never to harass us again / Muhammed Mukhtar Hussain ; My grandfather was a waistcoat maker / Russell Sunshine -- From sewing to activism: They became involved in political and community activism / Sultana Ali Begum (project participant) ; I worked in rag trade and investment banking / Abdus Shukur ; We lived with six to eight people in our two-bedroom flat / Manohar Ali ; I really enjoyed working in the rag trade / Mokon Miah -- Pt. 4, Others: Home seamstresses drama script structure / Dr Canan Salih (writer and director) -- Authors (community participants) -- About Stepney Community Trust. |