Issue 5 Mar. 2004

Women, Islam, and the Law

         Hjh. Nik Noriani Nik Badlishah, editorIslamic Family Law and Justice for Muslim WomenMalaysia / Sisters in Islam / 2003 Gender, Muslim Laws and Reproductive RightsDavao City / Pilipina Legal Resources Center, Inc. / 2001 […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

In Search of Islamic Art in Southeast Asia

Barangay Oring-oring is a village in Brooke’s Point, Palawan, where women weave mats. These women belong to the Jama Mapun, an Islamicized group of people related to the Sama, an ethnolinguistic group found predominantly in […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

Blue Blood of the Big Astana —Ibrahim A. Jubaira

Ibrahim Jubaira is perhaps the best known of the older generation of English language-educated Muslim Filipino writers and one of the most prolific, with three volumes of short stories published and two more collections of […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

Young Muslims Speak Out

A young man sat calmly in front of judges in a court room in Denpasar, Bali. With long hair and a beard, he looked different when he was arrested in West Java a couple of months earlier. Imam […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

Beyond the Jilbab

Yuli Suriani is a student at the Banda, Aceh-based Syiah Kuala University, who also works as a radio broadcaster. She is petite and usually wears blue jeans and a canvas jacket. Like most women in Banda, […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

“A Plural Peninsula” at Walailak University

Historical Interactions among Thai, Malays, Chinese, and Others A workshop organized by:Asia Research Institute, National University of SingaporeRegional Studies Program, Institute of Liberal Arts, Walailak UniversityInstitute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University Held at Walailak University, […]

Issue 5 Mar. 2004

After the Fall of Baghdad

Defeatism is an internalized feeling of defeat, a melancholic mournfulness that eventually imprisons one in a dark web. It is like a labyrinth or a path that splits endlessly. Taking a lesson from the bitter […]