Draft:Faham Abdus Salam

Faham Abdus Salam is an Australian-based Bangladeshi writer and researcher. Faham's writing began in the JaiJaiDin Newspaper, where he used to write two regular columns titled Pinjar and Swadesh Vihanga. His interests are Bangladeshi psychology, language, politics, science, and religion. He has been an expatriate in Australia since 2004.

Early and Personal Life
Faham was born in Dhaka. His father was a former military officer in the Bangladesh Armed Forces. He married Shamaruh Mirza, the daughter of popular Bangladeshi politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Shamaruh Mirza is a senior regulatory scientist at the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme.

Education
He was a student at Cumilla Cadet College and studied microbiology at the University of Dhaka. He also studied at Western Sydney University and completed a PhD in Molecular Therapeutics from the Australian National University. He published a few pieces of research in the University Research Library.

Profession
Faham has worked as a regulatory scientist for the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme. He now works as a senior evaluator of biological medicines at the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Works
He wrote a few articles for the Dhaka Tribune. "In Search of Bengali Mediocrity" is Faham's first book, a collection of essays written at various times over the past ten years. In 2023, the Bangla Academy refused to give a stall to "In Search of Bengali Mediocrity" book publisher Adarsha Prakashani in the Ekushey Book Fair. After that, he published the ebook version of his book on Rakuten Kobo.