Using Books to Connect Cultures

By Emilia Ismail, Tho Mun Yi

November 2018 PENANG PROFILE
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Every time a festive season comes around, a full-page advertisement appears in major local newspapers. It features historical figures and talks about Malaysian values and issues of unity, with its signature “Have a meaningful [insert celebration here]”.It is the brainchild of Penang boy Anas Zubedy, who grew up in the suburbia of Fettes Park and who speaks Malay, English, Hokkien and a little bit of Tamil. “I grew up in a Chinese-majority community, and my family was the only non-Chinese...

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Emilia Ismail

is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.

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Tho Mun Yi

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