By Leha Brigitte My first birthday was on the road. My parents had just escaped from Algiers with me and … More
Category: essays
Masturah Alatas: “What is Malay civilisation and why call it a civilisation?”
By Masturah Alatas Over the years and not just recently, I have come across Malaysians of both scholarly and lay … More
Gender swap apps aren’t just harmless fun for trans and non-binary people
By Finn See FaceApp recently gained popularity for its supposedly fun gender swapping filter, using artificial intelligence (AI) to ‘swap’ … More
A tale of bilateral uprooting
This story is a part of a series of essays submitted to The Culture Review Mag on the theme of … More
Masturah Alatas: I am a writer ex Malaysia, not an ex-Malaysian
This story is a part of a series of essays submitted to The Culture Review Mag on the theme of … More
Call for stories by The Culture Review Mag: #Perantauan
By editor In April, Malaysian author Preeta Samarasan, who is currently residing in France, wrote a heartfelt account about why … More
Malaysian writer Preeta Samarasan on how her country’s systemic racism forced her to move abroad and how she still mourns the loss of the nation which never quite accepted her
By Preeta Samarasan for The Culture Review Mag I grew up in a middle-class family in Ipoh, Malaysia in the … More
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