Mostafa Akand
Mostafa Akand, a Bangladeshi Canadian writer and social work professional, mostly writes in Bengali focusing on social and human psychology in Toronto-based Bengali weeklies and on Facebook. The two Bengali books to his credit are βKemon Desh Canada o Onnanno Proshongoβ(How is Canada as Country and other Issues, essays) and βDur Akasher Tanβ (The Attraction of the Far Sky, stories).
He graduated from the University of Dhaka in Public Administration and also completed post-graduate diplomas in public policy and social work from Erasmus University, Netherlands, and George Brown College, Canada. He lives in Brampton, Ontario with his wife and two daughters.