Many armies have used rape as a weapon of war, and many Bangladeshi women were abused, many of them multiple times. While Bangladesh recalls its liberation war with justified pride, there are relatively few visible manifestations of the women’s suffering. Of the many sculptures you find near the Dhaka University campus which commemorate the war, only one shows a soldier attacking a woman, and unless you are specifically looking for it, or unless someone points it out to you, you might miss it. Likewise, at Meherpur, where the Awami League declared independence, there is one tableau where you see a soldier disrobing a woman by pulling off her sari. In recent years, British-Bangladeshi actor Leesa Gazi and singer Sohini Alam have collaborated to create a play and are making a documentary film, and Bangladeshi-American poet Tarfia Faizullah and Bangladeshi poet Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi have written poetry, telling stories of the many birangonas.