An epic struggle has been playing out between islanders defending their land, rivers and livelihoods and the Malaysian government’s vision of ‘development’. Veronique Mistiaen spoke with Peter Kallang, the campaigner in the thick of it.
Hussein Kesvani reports on how young Muslim women are using social media to create a safe space to self-educate and share ideas.
Nithin Coca reports on Malaysia’s slide towards authoritarianism.
Sharmin Cheema-Kelly offers grave warning about the direction Malaysia is headed.
A haunting and sensitive glimpse into a Malaysian orphanage by photographer Abdul Rahman Roslan.
Visitors to Kuala Lumpur could be forgiven for thinking that they have landed in a highly developed nation. But hidden from the casual visitors’ view are the urban slums, crammed high-rise lowincome housing, rural villages still in poverty.
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Invisible | South Africa 30 years later | March, 2024 |
Saving rivers, saving lives | How we make poverty | March, 2020 |
A group of one’s own | What's left for the young? | January, 2018 |
The gathering storm | Smiley-faced monopolists | July, 2016 |
Creeping totalitarianism | Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better | January, 2016 |
Awards for bigots | Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion | June, 2015 |
Malaysia's transgender challenge | Cuba | October, 2014 |
Abdul Rahman Roslan | Put people first | April, 2009 |
Malaysia | Mothers who die | March, 2009 |