Straits Muslims: Diasporas of the Northern Passage of the Straits of Malacca
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
May 2011 BOOK REVIEW
Edited by Wazir Jahan Karim Published by Straits g.t. of Intersocietal and Scientific (INAS), 2009.MARITIME SOUTH-EAST ASIA WAS – and is – a region filled with port cities. Such urban centres tend to concentrate both power and money. But more than that, they cannot help but be cosmopolitan and multicultural essence, generating hybrids not only of ethnicities but of social organisation.No doubt, over time, the legacy of some proved more lasting than others. Where the Straits of Malacca is concerned,...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
