Sayyid Mujaddid, poet, photographer and book designer

Sayyid Mujaddid reading a book in front of shelves of Bangla books

যেন পাতা না ঝরেআর মৃত্যু দূরে দূরে থাকে।

গাছের মতো দাঁড়িয়ে, দীর্ঘ

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About Sayyid

Poet, photographer, book designer. Born in Birmingham in 1999 and raised in Sylhet, he has published two books of poetry, designed covers for other writers, and edited Drabir, a web magazine of art and literature.

Work

What he does

Poetry

Two published collections of Bangla poetry: তুমি, অস্তিত্ব ও জন্মসাল (2021) and গাছের মতো দাঁড়িয়ে, দীর্ঘ (2025).

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A page from Gacher Moto Dariye, Dirgho: the poem গন্তব্য, দেবদ্রোহী দুপুর

Photography

Photographs of people and places in Bangladesh: rivers, tea gardens, bookshops and everyday life.

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Wooden boats tied together at the edge of a shrunken green river

Book design

Cover and book design for poetry, essays, translations and event publications.

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Drabir দ্রাবিড়

He edited Drabir, a web magazine of art and literature. Its anniversary print issue is available on Rokomari.

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Cover of the Drabir anniversary issue: torn red and black poster textures
The full jacket of Gacher Moto Dariye, Dirgho laid flat: author photo and bio on the front flap, the kraft cover with its tall terracotta stroke, the spine, and this poem printed on the back flap

From the new book

যে টবে তুমি গাছ নিয়ে যাও
আমি পুঁতে রাখতে চেয়েছি হৃদয়—
যেন পাতা না ঝরে
আর মৃত্যু দূরে দূরে থাকে।

গাছের মতো দাঁড়িয়ে, দীর্ঘ · 2025

Poetry

গাছের মতো দাঁড়িয়ে, দীর্ঘ

Poems · Chondrobindu Prokashon · 2025

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Photography

Selected photographs

More on Instagram.

  • A boy holds a striped scarf over his face on a foggy riverbank
    Riverbank
  • A small girl in a patterned dress looks up at a long wooden bookshelf
    Bookshop
  • Wooden boats tied together in a shrunken green river
    Low water
  • A golden dragonfly on the tip of a bright green leaf
    Dragonfly
  • Three people walking toward a tea hill in morning haze
    Tea garden

Book design

Selected work

  • Peace of the Soul: a cream envelope with fine serif type

    Peace of the Soul

    Sayyida Marhama

  • An Authentic Interpretation of Marx's Thought: black brush portrait on red

    An Authentic Interpretation of Marx's Thought

    Syed Mobnu

  • Lost in the Rhythm: a line drawing of a guitarist behind a window

    Lost in the Rhythm

    Shahid Mihar

  • Alape Asad Chowdhury: ink sketch of the poet in glasses on kraft paper

    Alape Asad Chowdhury

    Mahbub Muhammad

  • Three Kafka novels in Bangla: red brush lettering on grey

    Three Novels by Franz Kafka

    Translated by Shoaib Mazhar

  • Sylhet floods seminar souvenir: red lettering over a sketch of the flooded city

    Sylhet Floods: Seminar Souvenir

    Doyasongho, 2024

  • Shohore Lokaloye: red brush lettering over a fragmented city in grey, rust and black stripes

    Shohore Lokaloye

    Sanjib Purkayastha

  • Nirbachito Premer Kobita: two bottle-shaped figures in ochre and coral under a purple moon and a black square

    Nirbachito Premer Kobita

    Rahat Faruk

  • Oshlil Kobitar Dondadesh: black scissors cutting a red figure on cream

    Oshlil Kobitar Dondadesh

    Hussain Fahmi

Contact

Get in touch

For readings, interviews, photography and book design.

kajsyyid@gmail.com