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‘The best quality of textile that the world has so far seen … the finest that mankind have ever been able to weave’.

– Dr. Sharifuddin Ahmed, Professor of History, NSU, Bangladesh.

  • Muslin. Our Story being launched at the Muslin Festival
  • Muslin. Our Story being launched at the Muslin Festival
  • The author with distinguished guests
  • Shahidul Alam introducing, Muslin. Our Story
  • Shahidul Alam introducing, Muslin. Our Story
  • Shahidul Alam introducing, Muslin. Our Story
  • Muslin. Our Story, launched at the Muslin Festival
  • First prints of the book emerging from the draft run
  • Exclusive members' reading room for books printed by Artron
  • Busy shop floor at Artron, the printers in Shenzhen, China
  • Blank paper is fed into the print machine for draft copy of book
  • Wall to wall display of books printed by Artron cover three storeys at their office
  • Shahidul looks on while the book Muslin. Our Story is composed
  • Desk covered with items used to choose the book layout and cover
  • Busy shop floor at Artron, the printers in Shenzhen, China
  • Artron, printers of Muslin. Our Story, showcase the books produced by them over the years
  • Interviewing cotton expert
  • At the Herbarium in Jordan
  • Textile historians
  • Conversing with weavers
  • Al Amin, Bengal Muslin's master weaver
  • Saif meeting artisans
  • Modern yarn being inspected
  • Jyotish Debnath, the master spinner of Murshidabad
  • Journeying by river in search of the muslin plant
  • Sonargaon, once the hub of muslin manufacture
  • British muslin 'factory' in Sonargaon
  • Old charka
  • Ancient map
  • Diaphanous muslin