Topic: ceritalah

OPINION: Are the Rohingyas the Palestinians of Southeast Asia?

OPINION: Are the Rohingyas the Palestinians of Southeast Asia?

Karim Raslan — Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Sep 25 05:29 PM

Sadek Ali Hassan is a forty-four-year-old teacher living in Malaysia. He is also a Rohingya. Sadek has spent over a quarter of a century living outside his homeland. When I meet him in the small, ramshackle madrassah he runs for the children from his community in the Selangor suburb of Ampang, he's at first reluctant to talk about his past.  Read more »

Indonesian rice miller dreams of better days

Indonesian rice miller dreams of better days

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Sep 14 01:19 PM

As multimillion dollar projects like renovations to the Medan port and a refurbished airport in nearby Silangit dominate the news, it’s important to remember people like Pak Darwin in Sunggal, who still struggle with basic infrastructure woes. Read more »

OPINION: Vietnam's 'millennial' generation challenges assumptions

OPINION: Vietnam's 'millennial' generation challenges assumptions

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Aug 29 09:13 PM

Millennials like Hau see travel as essential—something they must do in order to feel rejuvenated and alive. As he says, "I'll have nothing if I don't travel." Indeed, this sentiment is so strong it often overrides such core responsibilities such as helping their families. Read more »

Shattered lives: Marawi’s refugees

Shattered lives: Marawi’s refugees

Karim Raslan
Posted at Aug 22 12:15 AM

“Winning” the battle of Marawai and peace in Mindanao will ultimately depend on rebuilding the lives of the tens of thousands of refugees like Ali Nur and his family. Read more »

OPINION: An Indonesian contemporary dream-maker

OPINION: An Indonesian contemporary dream-maker

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Aug 03 04:49 PM

With his two Filosofi Kopi films, Pak Angga has proven himself to be a frontrunner in this multi-dimensional terrain, where a film is no longer just a film but can extend far, far beyond a mere cinema hall.  Read more »

OPINION: Malaysia and the Optimism Deficit

OPINION: Malaysia and the Optimism Deficit

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Jul 06 02:02 PM

Malaysia had long been a country of the future – offering its great wealth and vast natural resources to its people. But now, that future is diminished. Read more »

BLOG: Southeast Asian art in Venice

BLOG: Southeast Asian art in Venice

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Jun 13 05:53 PM

The unthinkable happened at this year’s Venice Biennale: the Southeast Asians were upside down. The Indonesians were drab, the Filipinos uninspiring, the Thai's merely alright and the Singaporeans! Well, the Singaporeans were full of magic, mystery and beauty. What the hell was going on? Read more »

Kuya Kim: From Politics to Animal Shows and Ironman

Kuya Kim: From Politics to Animal Shows and Ironman

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Apr 26 06:01 PM

In the Philippines, the trajectory is generally from news and entertainment to politics and power: witness the rise of figures such as former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada as well as Senators Loren Legarda and Ramón “Bong” Revilla Jr. In the case of Kim Atienza (born Alejandro Ilagan Atienza) – now fifty years old – the transition was reversed, and he's all the happier for it.  Read more »

OPINION: The Jakarta elections: Not all about religion?

OPINION: The Jakarta elections: Not all about religion?

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Apr 22 03:42 AM

I was in Tebet in South Jakarta on Election Day. With its overwhelmingly Muslim character, the district was won handsomely in both rounds by Anies Baswedan – the challenger to the incumbent Governor Basuki Tjahja Purnama – the Chinese-Indonesian and Christian politician better known as “Ahok". Read more »

OPINION: Secondary cities show the way for ASEAN

OPINION: Secondary cities show the way for ASEAN

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Apr 06 08:06 PM

ASEAN needn't be boring or irrelevant - whilst also revealing the importance of "secondary” cities like Davao, Bach Ninh, Chiang Mai and Solo. Let’s face it, Southeast Asia’s capital cities are alike. By comparison the region’s secondary cities have more character. You'll learn more about the Philippines from spending a day in Davao than you will from a week in the confines of Makati. Read more »

Tourism: The Golden Goose of Sabah

Tourism: The Golden Goose of Sabah

Karimi Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Mar 21 04:22 PM

With 3.4 million visitors in 2016, Sabah has become one of Asia's most successful eco- and adventure tourism destinations. However, Sabah wasn't always a success story. Twenty-five years ago, the state was facing a major economic dilemma. For decades, local businessmen had focused on extractive industries.  Read more »

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