Bonya Ahmed
Bonya Ahmed | |
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বন্যা আহমেদ | |
Bonya Ahmed speaking at the Secular Conference 2018. | |
| Born | Rafida Bonya Ahmed 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Alma mater | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Spouse | Avijit Roy |
Rafida Bonya Ahmed (also known as Bonya Ahmed and Rafida Ahmed; born 1969) is a Bangladeshi-American who is a writer, blogger, and humanitarian activist. In 2020, she founded the educational channels Think Bangla and Think English on YouTube. Along with her husband Avijit Roy, she was attacked and badly wounded by machete-wielding Islamic extremists at the Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2015, and Roy was killed.