Liani MK

is an independent writer, journalist and artist whose works span areas of language, film, culture, indigeneity and migration in Southeast Asia.

15 posts

A book that questions race and probes history

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Walking towards Red House Canteen at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Dr Ariffin Omar recounts to me his time as both a student and lecturer on and beyond the...

Sounds of the Archipelago Echo in Gamelan Melayu

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When I arrived for my first gamelan Melayu rehearsal at the Wak Long Music Centre in Penang, Mohd Jufry Yusoff, affectionately known as Cikgu Jufry, was already...

Friendship and Food: Nurturing Communities through Culinary Spaces

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SNUGGED WITHIN THE eateries and businesses that line Beach Street, an unassuming Taiwanese tea house provides an interlude from the chaos of Penang’s undecided...