In Search of a Place to Call Home
By Chan Xin Ying, Hasanah Akhir
July 2019 FEATURE
In Butterworth, 10-year-old Mohamed Noor is playing football with his friends in an alley behind a row of shophouses. The children are speaking fluently in Bahasa Melayu. At sunset, Mohamed Noor waves goodbye to his friends and goes home to his parents’ rented room, where his mother is busy preparing dinner. Mohamed excitedly tells her about his friends – not in Bahasa, though, but in his mother tongue, Rohingya.Mohamed is an ethnic Rohingya born in Malaysia. His parents were born in Myanmar – his father, Umar*, in...
Chan Xin Ying
is advocate for family inclusiveness. She is currently working at the Family and Children’s Affairs Department of the Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC).
Hasanah Akhir
is advocate for family inclusiveness. She is currently working at the Family and Children’s Affairs Department of the Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC).
