lost bodies

an anthology on identity and liminal being

The Lost Bodies anthology emerges from a space of in-betweenness. As we now live in a globalised world, we are seeing how identity, embodiment, and existence are constantly negotiated. Here, the authors examine their own perspectives on how the body is not merely a vessel of suffering or power but a site of transformation, vulnerability, and perhaps resilience.

Judith Butler reminds us that “the body is not a ‘being,’ but a variable boundary and exists in the liminality of how a surface whose permeability is politically regulated. In this sense, Lost Bodies becomes a collective act of reclamation and rejection for the porous borders of exclusion and belonging; silence and expression. Being in a state of flux essentially.

Lost Bodies is not only a collection to be read, but a space to feel, to reckon, and to respond.

Through 15+ writers from over 10 countries....

These voices invite us into empathy that moves beyond reflection and into responsibility, reminding us that justice, healing, and belonging begin when we choose to listen and to act together.

Through the powerful works featured from writers across the globe, we are seeing how the diversity of contemporary and creative voices in this collection resists invisibility.

It honours the fragmented, the shifting, and the reimagined self; insisting that every body, however ‘lost,’ carries its own form of wisdom and becoming.

Miguel E. Keerveld.

Care begins when we pause long enough to notice what is usually left unseen.

Miguel E. Keerveld.

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editor

Murshidul Alam Bhuiyan is a globally recognized social impact leader, storyteller, and youth empowerment advocate who has dedicated 10+ years to bridging cultures and catalyzing positive change across 81 countries. As founder of Team Bertho since 2016, he has built a youth-led platform reaching millions through innovative storytelling, education reform, and community development initiatives.

A graduate of BRAC University, Murshidul has received over 45 international honours, including The Diana Award, Bloom’s 30 Under 30, and the UNICEF Meena Media Award. He is also the author of Fueling Hope. Beyond Team Bertho, he co-founded Project Amra, founded Daak Chithi, leads Million Peacemakers, and serves as an ambassador for several global initiatives, all driven by his vision of building a more empathetic world.

Instagram: @murshidulalambhuiyan

publishing editor

Dr Ally Zlatar is an artist, scholar and activist. She is the founder of The Starving Artist; an artist initiative that utilizes creative voices as a way to create advocacy and systemic reform. She also founded The Starving Artist Publishing Studio to platform marginalized writers and The Starving Artist Scholarship Fund which helps people access inpatient mental health treatment.

Ally Zlatar has received numerous accolades for humanitarian work; such as the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact(Asia, 2025), Commonwealth Innovation Awards (2023), UNWomen 30 for 2030 (2024), winner of The Princess Diana Legacy Award (2021), King Hamad Award for Youth Empowerment (2022) . Her Doctorate in Creative Arts was completed at the University of Southern Queensland focusing on embodied experiences of mental illness in contemporary art.

Instagram: @allyzlatar

project partner

team bertho

Founded in 2016, Team Bertho works on documenting the life experiences gathered from of all race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, and sexuality; striving to ensure global peace through inclusivity and connectivity. Team Bertho circulates these stories, morals, and experiences in hopes that the audience benefit by learning the ever-flowing yet true nature of life and reality, along with applying the learnings to their own lives.

For more information visit: https://teambertho.org/

“Life did not give you a fixed shape. It gave you weather. And you learned how to dress for rain, how to open windows, how to trust that even storms are a way of moving forward.”

-Murshidul Alam Bhuiyan