Authors & Contributors draft June 7, 2021 – Posted in: Authors
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Continue readingABDUR-RAZZAQ LUBIS (also known by his Mandailing name Namora Sende Loebis) is an author and activist who writes on the environment as well as the social history and cultural heritage of Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sumatra, Indonesia. His publications include Perak Postcards: 1890s-1940s (2010), Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development (2005) and Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 (2003). His latest book Sutan Puasa, Founder of Kuala Lumpur (2018) was met with…
Continue readingKHOO SALMA NASUTION is a writer, publisher and heritage advocate. She is author or co-author of about a dozen books, namely Streets of George Town (1993), Penang Postcard Collection (2003), Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak (2003), Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development (2005), More Than Merchants (2006), Sun Yat Sen in Penang (2008), Heritage Houses of Penang (2009) and Redoubtable Reformer: The Life and Times of Cheah Cheang Lim (2015). Her recent book…
Continue readingHe had just lost his job. The concept of his first book was rejected by 13 different publishers with the excuse that it wouldn’t sell. Customers have even scolded him and laughed at his caricatures, saying that his artworks don’t resemble them at all. Many would have thrown in the towel after facing not one, but 13 rejections, and locked away their dreams forever. But not Azmi Hussin. He refused to give in and give…
Continue readingRichard Foltz Concordia University, Montréal Richard.foltz@concordia.ca The global environmental crisis disproportionately affects Muslims, insofar as its effects are more severely felt in the developing world and fall harder upon the poor than upon the rich. And yet, the issue has received little attention from contemporary Muslim thinkers and activists worldwide, preoccupied with ‘more pressing’ issues. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Muslim philosopher who spent most of his career in the United States, was among the first…
Continue readingSiti Haliza Yusop KUALA LUMPUR: Maklumat yang terdapat pada cop mohor, menjadikannya sebagai sumber sejarah yang sangat penting mengenai kerajaan Melayu. Apatah lagi apabila ada antara maklumat berkenaan tidak dicatat secara terperinci dalam mana-mana dokumentasi sejarah sezaman. Ketua Kurator Koleksi Asia Tenggara, Perpustakaan British, Datuk Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, berkata dalam cop mohor atau sebelum ini disebut sebagai ‘cap Melayu’ nama pemilik, gelaran serta keturunan turut dimuatkan. Hal ini menjadikan cop mohor menyimpan maklumat lebih…
Continue readingThese titles are available direct from our bookstore or via our online ordering service. We ship internationally too. Giving Our Best: The Story of St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, 1885-2010 Was RM100. Now RM40 https://arecabooks.com/product/giving-our-best-the-story-of-st-georges-girls-school-penang-1885-2010/ Heritage Trees of Penang (2015 reprint) Was RM130. Now RM100 https://arecabooks.com/product/heritage-trees-of-penang-2015-reprint/ Living Pathways: Meditations on sustainable cultures and cosmologies in Asia Was RM80. Now RM40 https://arecabooks.com/product/living-pathways-meditations-on-sustainable-cultures-and-cosmologies-in-asia/ Living Landscapes, Connected Communities: Culture, Environment and Change Across AsiaWas RM80. Now RM40 https://arecabooks.com/product/living-landscapes-connected-communities-culture-environment-and-change-across-asia/…
Continue readingFaisal Asyraf, Sun, 2 May 2021 In championing a once-banned traditional dance form in the conservative state of Kelantan, prominent Mak Yong dancer Rosnan Abdul Rahman has had to tread carefully as he ends up facing criticism from both sides even while battling to keep the art alive. He was instrumental in getting Mak Yong unbanned in 2019. However, there was a compromise – changes were made to the content and state regulations specified how Mak Yong…
Continue readingIF a picture is worth a thousand words, then George Town Festival’s maiden publication of Penang at a Glance tells hundreds of fascinating stories. The 96-page photobook contains images of the state’s landscapes, streets, festivals, celebrations, people, arts and culture plus much more. The photos were taken by four local shutterbugs – engineers Govindarajoo Selvathurai and Thum Chia Chieh, civil servant Oh Chin Eng and professional photographer Sherwynd Rylan Kessler. Natives of Penang looking at…
Continue readingOleh DR MUHAMIN SULAM / April 17, 2021 Buku ‘Batu Uban. Sejarah Awal Pulau Pinang’ tulisan Prof Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican dianugerahkan sebagai buku terbaik dalam kategori buku sejarah sempena Majlis Anugerah Buku Negara baru-baru ini. Beliau bukanlah terdidik dalam disiplin sejarah dan bukan pakar sejarah. Namun karyanya itu, saya anggap sebagai sejarah orang kalah. Orang asal Pulau Pinang adalah ‘orang kalah’. Mungkin sebagai anak tempatan, Prof Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican cuba bangun menolak pemikiran yang sedia…
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