This paper was co-written by Arissa Jemaima and Sarah Rusyda in 2020, and was submitted as a World Trade Law report under a BA (Bachelors) in International Relations and International Law. The instruction was to discuss the benefits and contributions of a WTO-member country towards world trade. https://www.thesundaily.my/business/malaysia-to-benefit-from-indonesia-s-palm-oil-export-ban-EF9124226 pAPER OVERVIEW: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION ON MALAYSIA … Continue reading The World Trade Organisation on Malaysia & its palm oil reserves
Caring For Obesity As A Medical Issue
DnG Medical Team Visiting a Case of Heart Failure, Complicated With Obesity and Diabetes A few months back, I was having a casual discussion with a medical doctor on the growing number of obese children in Malaysia: we rank second highest in child obesity among children in ASEAN aged five to 19 years, and we … Continue reading Caring For Obesity As A Medical Issue
The People’s Talk: A Rohingya Issue
In this article, I've made it a point to address the hate campaign against the Rohingya community, because calling them names is not a solution. History tells us that much.
Rethinking Solutions for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Bhasan Char Profile
Set on a muddy silt islet on the Bay of Bengal lies a 40 square kilometre stretch of land. It sits on the fragile centre of the coastal belt, geographically prone to cyclones and extreme flooding. It is commonly known for the islands in the Bay of Bengal to be naturally formed by sediments and … Continue reading Rethinking Solutions for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Bhasan Char Profile
Is Malaysia An Islamic State?
This essay is an extension off of my assignment on Islamic theories in international relations (https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/08/malaysia-democracy-worse-shape-thought-150831065901768.html) Malaysia - known by the outside world as a harmonious, cultural and religious integration - has suddenly become embroiled in the debate over identifying itself as either an Islamic or secular state. With this comes a need to consider … Continue reading Is Malaysia An Islamic State?
The Growing Culture of Arabisation In Malaysia, and Its Threat Across The Muslim World
Since it's expansion in Malaysia in the 15th Century through Indian traders; Islam has become the country's most professed religion, representing almost-63% of the population in late 2013. Since then, Islam remained as the religion of the Federation, with the appointed King seen as the defender of this faith in Malaysia, and the freedom of … Continue reading The Growing Culture of Arabisation In Malaysia, and Its Threat Across The Muslim World
The Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment (BDS) Movement and Why Everyone Should Stand With It
Mena Massoud Is CancelleD Since 1948, the acrimony over Israeli claims to the cultures of Palestine and countries of the Middle East have been at a constant rise, where with the ongoing Israeli occupation; their cultural appropriation is often overlooked by a majority of the public who are not as informed in the realities of … Continue reading The Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment (BDS) Movement and Why Everyone Should Stand With It
The U.S Occupation in Iraq by Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=colcD8UVr90 Dr. Dahlia Wasfi is an American-Iraqi physician and peace activist, who actively speaks out against the impact of war - both on the environment and the civilian population's quality of life. (https://writingforpeace.org/about/writing-for-peace-advisory-panel/dr-dahlia-wasfi/) The largest and most expensive embassy in the world today is the United States embassy in Baghdad. At 104 acres - nearly … Continue reading The U.S Occupation in Iraq by Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
Malaysia’s RM11 Million Scholarship Initiative to The Palestinians Goes Beyond An Act of Good Faith
On the 22nd of May, in conjunction with Nuzur Al-Quran and Ramadhan; I was invited to attend an iftar (open fast) dinner by Muslim Imran - the president of the Palestinian Cultural Organisation Malaysia (PCOM). It was an annual event attended by the prime minister and governments of both Palestine and Malaysia, and the Palestinian … Continue reading Malaysia’s RM11 Million Scholarship Initiative to The Palestinians Goes Beyond An Act of Good Faith
The Prisoners’ Document: A Unified Resistance of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/CE3ABE1B2E1502B58525717A006194CD Based on the Prisoners’ Document published in May 2006, officially known as the National Conciliation Document; political prisoners from Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad Movements, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) had, in an unprecedented decision, jointly called for an independent Palestinian … Continue reading The Prisoners’ Document: A Unified Resistance of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
The Flying Olives 