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Seeking the Malay DNA
By DINA ZAMAN | THE STAR, FOCUS | Sunday, 28 May 2023 Caption: The tanjak and tengkolok have become symbols of Malayness for many. Photo: The Star MEETING and talking to Malay interest groups over the past few years have been enlightening, to say the least. While my work on identity has been going on…
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Understanding Malayness (post-GE15) — Dina Zaman
Published Thursday, 08 Dec 2022 | Understanding Malayness (post-GE15) — Dina Zaman | Malay Mail It would seem that being Malay-Muslim, will be under utmost scrutiny post-15th general election (GE15), which saw Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim becoming the latest prime minister after a week-long tussle and negotiations in the back room. In the days leading…
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Kindness in The Time of COVID
First published in Voices, Harpers Bazaar Malaysia, October 21, 2021 Writer Dina Zaman reminds us that as much as we need to be kind and loving to those around us, don’t neglect to be kind to yourself. Each time I am on Instagram, which is most of my non-working time really, I come across friends’…
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Returning to Our Roots: The Anger and Heartbreak of Young Malay Men
Published on 21 June, 2021 | Stratsea.com: Returning to our roots | Photo credit: Stratsea.com Introduction In 2020, as the world faced the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia saw the resurgence of the Malay narrative. This is not unusual as annually, politicians and far-right nationalists demand for Malay rights to be further reinstated and entrenched in public…
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“Racism sparks Extremism” – 10th National Conference on Non-Discrimination
March, 2021 – 10th National Conference on Non-Discrimination: Racism Sparks Extremism | Pusat KOMAS I was invited to talk on “Growing Racism enables Extremism”. [LIVE] Ms Dina Zaman tells us about her research and explains post-Pakatan Harapan Malay nationalism in our third session for the day called Growing Racism Enables Extremism. #10thnationalconference #racismsparksextremism #pusatkomas pic.twitter.com/6gNvsGPMZ3…
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Reclaiming The Land (Lost)?
First published in LinkedIn as an article on January 11, 2021 Dear Friends, I am now posting my articles twice a month but on Mondays as I was advised that nobody reads on the weekends. I am now finishing my final book; I took a break from IMAN to work on this. It’s an unsettling…
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Memali, Baling: Remembering Ibrahim Libya
First published in LinkedIn as an article on November 27, 2020 It’s my once in two weeks article and today I am sharing a few excerpts from my book, and what I did many years ago before co founding IMAN. How I miss fieldwork. I’m working on a series of essays now but interviews via…
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Religion + Business. Not a Contrarian Partnership
First published in LinkedIn as an article, November 13, 2020 Religion is big business. How can we harness its good for development and global wellness? #leadership #faithatwork #publicprivatepartnerships #collaboration #interfaith Mike Hardy Andrew Davies Sivin Kit Jasmine Begum Siti Kamariah Ahmad Subki, CA Vaseehar Hassan On October 27, 2020, I was a panelist on “Truth-Telling and Resisting Disinfodemic: Promoting media literacy in faith communities”, organised…
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Suspect Islamic study circles: Religious teas, Part 1
Published in The Star, 23 Aug 2020. "It started with pleas for financial assistance for Muslim victims of war." – Dina Zaman https://t.co/YZKwBhi60M — The Star (@staronline) August 23, 2020
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Writings: The Malaysian Insider
View all writings by Dina Zaman in The Malaysian Insider (theinsiderarchived.com) Holy Men, Holy Women 7 First published in the Malaysian Insider (Archived) on 30 March 2011 The Chairman and his wife finally visited. When we were introduced, I was bemused, to say the least. This was the Chairman — a lean, quiet man? His…
Seeking the Malay DNA
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