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==Nasrin's life and works in adaptation== Nasrin's life is the subject of a number of plays and songs, in the east and the west. The Swedish singer Magoria sang "Goddess in you, Taslima,"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Goddess in You Taslima mp3s, The Goddess in You Taslima music downloads, The Goddess in You Taslima songs from eMusic.com |url=http://www.emusic.com/album/Magoria-The-Goddess-In-You-Taslima-MP3-Download/11251013.html |date=5 July 2009 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090705083431/http://www.emusic.com/album/Magoria%2DThe%2DGoddess%2DIn%2DYou%2DTaslima%2DMP3%2DDownload/11251013.html |archive-date=5 July 2009 |access-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the French band [[Zebda]] composed "Don't worry, Taslima" as an homage. Her work has been adapted for TV and even turned into music. ''Jhumur'' was a 2006 TV serial based on a story written especially for the show.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebel with a cause: Screen On & Off |work=The Telegraph |date=27 April 2006 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060427/asp/calcutta/story_6152141.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520154911/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060427/asp/calcutta/story_6152141.asp |archive-date=20 May 2006 |access-date=31 May 2009 |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> Bengali singers like Fakir Alamgir, Samina Nabi, Rakhi Sen sang her songs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]], the jazz soprano saxophonist, met Nasrin in 1996 and collaborated with her on an adaptation of her poetry to music. The result, a "controversial" and "compelling" work called ''The Cry'', was performed in Europe and North America.<ref>{{cite web |last=Huotari |first=Allen |title=Steve Lacy: ''The Cry'' |work=[[All About Jazz]] |date=May 1999 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=3652 |access-date=31 May 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708005043/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=3652 |url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, Nasrin was to recite during the performance, but these recitations were dropped after the 1996 [[Berlin]] world première because of security concerns.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shoemaker |first=Bill |title=Steve Lacy: Making the Words Swing |magazine=[[JazzTimes]] |date=December 1997 |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/24701-steve-lacy-making-the-words-swing |access-date=31 May 2009 |archive-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329054330/http://jazztimes.com/articles/24701-steve-lacy-making-the-words-swing }}</ref>
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