Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 12)

Eid ul-Fitr in the Modern World: Navigating Traditions

3 min read

EID UL-FITR, or simply Raya (celebration in Malay), marks the end of Ramadan and holds deep cultural and religious significance in the Islamic calendar. Neverth...

by Dr. Rahida Aini

AI-Empowered Schools: Happier Teachers, Better Learners?

4 min read

PEOPLE FEAR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) may soon take over our jobs, making our vocations obsolete. Already, AI has made its way into every part of our lives—t...

by Samantha Khoo

The Novel World of Penang Ice Creams

4 min read

I HAVE FOND memories of Milo ice cream in cups from childhood—its flavour made complete by the taste of the wooden spatula that came with it. But how did ice cr...

by Shirlene Shee

The Botanic Gardens is Our Green Heritage and Green Future

3 min read

“THE WATERFALL GARDEN occupies the lower slopes of a valley leading into the hills, whose forest covered slopes enclose it on all sides. At the head is the wate...

by Thomas Uhl

Reverse Culture Shock: A Tale of Two Homes, Penang and York

5 min read

“IT’S GOOD THAT you’re back, it’s better to be home,” my grandmother said, as I told her about my time in the UK.Her words came from a place of love, after not...

by Cheah Mi Chelle

Tecoma Blossoms Becoming Iconic in Penang

2 min read

COME MARCH OR APRIL, several streets in Penang spring alive with bursts of pink and white Tecoma flowers. These are also colloquially known as the “Penang Sakur...

by Priyanka Bansal

Priyanka Bansal

Spirited: Reminders of How Man and Nature Are Inseparable

4 min read

IF YOU COULD have conversations with your ancestors, what questions would you ask? Visitors to the Tribal Art Exhibition “Spirited: Human Art of The Non-Human”...

by Elizabeth Su

Elizabeth Su

Low Access to Justice for Vulnerable Victims of Sexual Crimes

4 min read

ACCESS TO JUSTICE is a fundamental human right. It can also be elusive. We often think of the law as inherently neutral or fair, but what one considers a “good...

by Karen Lai

Soroptomists Work Tirelessly to Bring Education to Underprivileged Girls

4 min read

POVERTY HAS INHIBITED children in low-income homes from getting adequate education. The pandemic worsened the situation to such an extent that the United Nation...

by Ann Fang

Valuing Household Production Promises Broad Impact on Society at Large

4 min read

SIGNIFICANT STRIDES HAVE been made over time in advancing gender equality—with women assuming more prominent roles as decision-makers both in the workforce and...

by Yeong Pey Jung

A Grand Tour of the Genting Tea Estate

6 min read

THE GENTING TEA ESTATE is the private residence and research station of Henry Sackville Barlow, who has held several prestigious positions in his long career. A...

by Eugene Quah

Placemaking is Really about Appreciating the Best that Penang Already Has

4 min read

IMAGINE A PENANG where public spaces are amalgamated with greenery, communal spaces, education hubs, lifestyle joints and offices. With these, we would have cre...

by Rachel Yeoh