Arman Rahman was 27 when he secured a scholarship to study in Sweden. All the graduates who came out of Bangladesh for higher study at that time, I could count them on one hand. Once I secured the visa for Sweden you cannot imagine the joy I had.”'I felt humiliated and insulted. Working in cancer research, Rahman discovered that programmes were not reaching Ireland’s immigrant populations and decided to focus on educating Ireland’s Arabic- and Bengali-speaking communities about cancer treatments. Unfortunately, here in Ireland our pro-vaccination campaign is not strong enough and people are getting more information from anti-vax groups.”Now an Irish citizen, Rahman says he and his wife are very happy to live in Ireland and bring up their children here.

Source: The Irish Times June 02, 2021 04:52 UTC