August 2015 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Malaysia’s great – and recent – identity crisis

4 min read

If ever there was a country chronically afflicted by an identity crisis, it would be ours. Debates rage on about how we should define our identities. For exampl...

Zairil Khir Johari

Staging stories of iconic women

5 min read

It’s hard to believe from the way Sabera Shaik writhes and wriggles on the dance floor that she is 62 years old. Slender, mild-mannered and sharp-eyed, Sa...

Michelle Leong

Romancing Penang’s Ferry

5 min read

A cultural festival in Butterworth? Sounds swell!There have even been cases of fringe festivals eclipsing the main festival itself (Edinburgh Fringe Festival...

The Temuan of Ulu Yam

1 min read

Deep in Ulu Yam, Selangor, near the Sungai Liam waterfall and a 30-minute drive from KL, a tribe of Temuans are moving house. The area floods, and they need a b...

Chris Jung

The UAE passes an anti-discriminatory law worth importing

3 min read

I was in Abu Dhabi recently for the first time. The UAE is a strange land; its citizens make up only 15% of the whole population. The rest are foreigners of o...