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Earlier this month, Bangladesh staged the world’s first-ever Gen-Z uprising. In doing so, it made history. No one saw it coming. In a stunning and visceral display of defiance, a generation that finds expression through street art, hop-hop and TikTok ousted Sheikh Hasina, its autocratic ruler of 15 years, to become the unlikely torchbearer for all that is possible in the world. The student protestors now face another challenge: to banish Bangladesh’s legacy of dynastic rule to the annals of history. Specifically, to dismantle the dominance of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Par…

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