Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was a 20-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim who was murdered in the July 2016 Dhaka attack.[1][2][3][4] He was the grandson of Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group and Shahnaz Rahman. Faraaz was the younger child of Simeen Rahman and Muhammad Waquer Bin Hossain. Zaraif Ayaat Hossain was his only elder brother. He was studying undergraduate at the Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and came to Dhaka in mid May to spend his summer holidays.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain
ফারাজ আইয়াজ হোসেন
Born(1996-04-15)15 April 1996
Died1 July 2016(2016-07-01) (aged 20)
Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Other namesChhotoo (ছোটু)

Education

Faraaz Hossain started his school at the age of three, at Sir John Wilson, Dhaka and studied there until class 2. Then he went on to join the American International School of Dhaka and graduated in 2014. For higher education Faraaz went on to Emory University in Atlanta in August 2014, where he would then be admitted into Emory's Goizueta Business School. In school at class 5 he received US President's (George W Bush) Education Award for outstanding academic excellence.[5]

Recognition

Mother Teresa Award

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for 2016[6][7][8] because as a Bangladeshi and a Muslim he was not the terrorists' target, but he refused to abandon his two friends at the restaurant.[9]

Hossain is the first person to be conferred the award posthumously. Faraaz's mother and elder brother Zaraif received the award on his behalf at a ceremony at Mumbai, India.[10][11]

Garden of the Righteous in Tunisia

On 15 July 2016, a tree was planted to honour Hossain in the Garden of the Righteous Worldwide, located inside the Italian Embassy in Tunis.[12][13] The Garden was set up by a non-profit Milan-based organisation with co-operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy. It hosts trees and memorial stones dedicated to righteous Muslim individuals who saved human lives during genocides or massacres and fought against fanaticism.[14]

Faraaz Hossain Courage Award

PepsiCo has taken the decision to launch the annual "Faraaz Hossain Courage Award" from 2016, to be awarded each year for twenty years.[15] The purpose of the award is to recognise acts of exceptional courage by individuals setting examples of empathy for fellow human beings, to encourage the spirit of bravery among Bangladeshi youth.[16][17]

See also

References
  1. "Latifur Rahman's grandson killed in Dhaka attack". 2 July 2016.
  2. "20 hostages killed in 'Isil' attack on Dhaka restaurant popular with foreigners". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. Rome, Saad Hammadi Rosie Scammell in; York, and Alan Yuhas in New (3 July 2016). "Dhaka café attack ends with 20 hostages among dead". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. Madison Park, Saeed Ahmed and Steve Visser. "Bangladesh mourns victims of café attack". CNN. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  5. Faraaz Hossain (5 January 2017), "Chotoo" – Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain (with English Subtitle), retrieved 6 January 2017
  6. "About Events – Mother Teresa Memorial Awards". Mother Teresa Memorial Awards. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. "Faraaz named for Mother Teresa Award". The Daily Star. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  8. "Gulshan attack victim Faraaz honoured with Mother Teresa Award | Dhaka Tribune". Dhaka Tribune. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  9. "The student who refused to abandon his friends". BBC news Magazine\author=Linda Pressly. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  10. "Mother Teresa award for Dhaka café attack victim". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  11. "'Faraaz is Bangladesh' posters now define 20-yr-old who stood by his friends during Dhaka attack". The Indian Express. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  12. "Garden of the Righteous to be created in Tunis". 30 June 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  13. "Faraaz Hussein". en.gariwo.net. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  14. "Faraaz honoured with love and respect in Tunisia". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  15. "Faraaz Hossain honored with social justice award". news.emory.edu. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  16. "Faraaz Hossain Courage Award ceremony today". The Daily Star. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  17. "'We have all joined the battle Faraaz has begun' – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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