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Written by Cindi Loo It’s not often that women get to be highlighted in the world of politics, particularly when there are only 23 female Members of Parliament out of the 222 MPs (now reduced to 22 as one passed away due to cancer) in Malaysia. But these weren’t the lawmakers who made the headlines. […]
September 3, 2011
In part 1, I discussed about the coverage by The Stream on Malaysia in which I’ve voiced out the misconceptions placed on the story. In this part I’ll be discussing what do I mean by “The Malaysian Context”, as well as some personal thoughts about the episode. The Malaysian Context Since I’ve called out to […]
August 30, 2011
The Stream is a new programme by Al Jazeera English (AJE) aimed at talking about the news that were generated by the social media, instead of what was already reported on television almost every day. While other programmes dwell into the typical narrative and direction with a certain story, The Stream takes a different approach, […]
August 21, 2011
Written by Cindi Loo It started with a tweet, from our lovely Kirsten Han of course. I clicked on that URL, and Lo and behold, it was like opening the caves that the Forty Thieves tried so hard to conceal, and I was Ali Baba. The gold, of course, were these delicious men of caramel […]
September 21, 2011
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