On Friday everything revolves around the Jum’a prayers. The MC in the conference I am attending announces at the opening that this being…
Scanning the newspapers I pick up an interesting item: ‘Malaysia’s own fast-food franchiser, Marrybrown Fried Chicken…… Sdn Bhd, will be…
I am yet again embarked on the trip to Malaysia. As is my habit as soon as I reach the…
[Part VI of a multi-part dossier] ———————————————————- Daily Telegraph, 28th December 2009: “Initial reports indicate that in a series of…
Dahr Jamial in Truthout 23rd Sept 2009: “On September 7 the Swedish aid agency Swedish Committee for Afghanistan reported that…
Part IV of a multi-part dossier ————————————————————- Mark Tran in the Guardian, 31st August 2009: “The west must change its…
Part III of a multi-part dossier ——————————————————— Adrian Hamilton, 30th April 2009, in The Independent: “It’s gang up on Pakistan…
Part II of a multi-part dossier Jason Burke in The Observer, 28th September 2008: “The Taliban have been engaged in…
Part I of a multi-part dossier Declan Walsh & Richard Norton Taylor in The Guardian, 29th Feb 2008:”After six years…
This Obituary was first published in The Muslim News, 31 May 2019 S.M. Mohamed Idris, ubiquitously known as ‘Uncle’ Idris…