Shama Obaid Islam is not only experiencing what is means to be a new face on the scene but also to be a woman in politics in male-dominated Bangladesh

Shama Obaid Islam is not only experiencing what is means to be a new face on the scene but also to be a woman in politics in male-dominated Bangladesh. While her late father's image as a popular member of the parliament and former minister boosted her campaign during the 2008 national election, it also became "frustrating" she says, that the respect people paid her was due to him