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Hasina’s former room is now ‘Monsoon Theatre’: Farooki
Published : Tuesday, 25 August, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Observer Online Report
A room that once hosted various ‘press conferences’ has now been transformed into a place for learning about history following the July uprising. Film screenings are currently being held there. Alongside people from different walks of life, school and college students are also visiting the July Memorial Museum every day.
On Monday (August 24), filmmaker and former Culture Affairs Adviser to the interim government Mostofa Sarwar Farooki shared two photographs of the same room from two different periods on social media. Through the photographs, he highlighted the transformation of the room from its past to the present.
Farooki wrote, “At one time, those strange things called press conferences used to take place in this room. Then came 36 July. This is how we found the room. The marks of the people’s anger were everywhere.”
The room was also transformed after the July uprising. According to Farooki, it is now called the ‘Monsoon Theatre’. Films are screened there every day, presenting visitors with the history of the past 16 years.
Regarding this, he wrote, “And now its name is Monsoon Theatre. Visitors watch the history of 16 years through film screenings here every day. There are several shows.”
Farooki was particularly struck by the presence of students, not just adults. Sharing a photo of a screening held on Monday morning, he said school students were visiting the museum even outside the designated Saturday schedule.
Farooki wrote, “Many school students can be seen in the picture. That means they are visiting even outside the Saturday designated for school students. Very inspiring.”
It may be noted that following the 2024 mass uprising, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki served as the interim government’s Adviser for Cultural Affairs. Under his supervision, work began on the construction of the ‘July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum.’
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