MalaysiaKini and the Power of Independent MediaMalaysiakini was founded in 1999 by Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran, two young Malaysians who met as overseas students in Australia. One of the many online portals that sprung up in the wake of Reformasi, a movement sparked by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammads 1998 firing of his deputy Anwar Ibrahim, there was no reason to think that Malaysiakini would be different from the other blogs and portals that covered the trial of the charismatic former

and interpreting literature

Essays in Idleness is a constantly surprising work that ranges across the spectrum of human experience

The answers are often unexpected

In 1997 he founded the National Park of the Site of the Baptism of Jesus Christ

For the first time

seeking truth in great literature

and limitations of so-called “wokeness

The Utopia of Rules is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over us—and the better

its fluctuation over the course of their lives

At least one verse from every chapter—and over one fifth of the total text of the Holy Qur’an—is cited

Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body

derided for ignoring warnings and speaking out against injustice