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Remember last month when Cambodia complained to Google about its incorrect maps at the Preah Vihear border? Ogle Earth has a nice roundup about the disputed maps and a little background to the border spat. I found it quite interesting that when the temple was awarded to Cambodia by the ICJ, Thailand didn’t lower the [...]

Pada Minggu, 27 Desember 2009 lalu, Harian Republika menerbitkan transkrip wawancara tertulis dengan saya tentang naskah Nusantara (lihat di sini). Saya sudah mencoba menjawab semua pertanyaan yang diajukan melalui email, karena kebetulan saya waktu itu sedang di luar kota. Mengingat keterbatasan ruang, tidak semua jawaban saya dapat dimuat di Harian tersebu […]

In FIFA’s press conference held on Tuesday regarding some of the more pertinent issues surrounding the World Cup and its effect on South African society the harder dignitaries tried to elucidate that “time for skepticism had passed,” that “this really was Africa’s moment” or campaigning “football for hope, development and good health,” the further they diver […]

Sr. Aminah Assilmi, the world famous Islamic speaker, day’ee and president of the International Union of Muslim Women was killed in a car accident yesterday night. She will, Insha Allah, be buried in Knoxville tomorrow March 6, 2010. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Islamic Center of Knoxville. Please contact them for more information [...]

Selamat Datang ke The Sovereignity of HeavenGate.Keinginan untuk mengetahui rahsia dari Heavenlore.Kunci-kunci untuk membuka pintu langit.Adakah benar 'sky is limit'?Kami akan memberitahu anda rahsianya.Itu pun jika anda bersedia untuk menerima akibatnya.Jika tidak,jangan sesekali cuba untuk menyentuh pemegang pintu The HeavenGate.Seseorang itu han […]

'Malay' - a construction of an illusion?Azly RahmanMar 8, 103:42pm“Man has no nature, what he has is history”- Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher“The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. […]

Orang Kalur Going Oxford?InsyaAllah, I'll be presenting a paper on the Orang Kalur at the British Forum of Ethnomusicology Annual Conference held at Oxford University from the 8th till 11th of April 2010. It'll be a great honour for me to present part of our national heritage to an international audience. Wish me luck!