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Hadijah Rahmat: Associate Professor, PhD in Malay-Indonesian Studies from University of London; Deputy Head of Asian Languages and Culture at Nanyang Technological University; author or editor of over 40 books and chapters, numerous academic papers, two poetry books, and two children's books; specializes in Malay and Singapore Malay literature ...
Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed (nicknamed Che Zahara Kaum Ibu; 1907–1962) was a Malay activist who worked towards women's and children's rights in Singapore.She was one of the first Malay women in Singapore to fight for modern women's rights, according to journalist, Hajah Halizah Mohd Som. [1] Che Zahara is the founder of the first Muslim women's welfare organization in Singapore, the Malay ...
A group of Malay women seated, Singapore, circa 1900. The seventeenth-century Malay chronicle, the Sejarah Melayu or Malay Annals, tells of the founding of a great trading city on the island of Temasek in 1299 AD by a prince from Palembang. Palembang was then the capital of the diminishing Srivijaya Empire.
The Young Women Muslim Association of Singapore (YWMA), more commonly known as Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS) (in Malay), is the oldest Muslim women organization in the world, and a household name for the Muslim community in Singapore. It is a voluntary welfare organization and has official charity status in Singapore.
[5] [6] Malaysia and Singapore sharing similar historical and cultural roots and as well as cross-border familial ties, are some of the reasons for the huge community of Malaysians in the country. [7] [8] [9] Other reasons include the country's proximity to Malaysia [10] and the high exchange rate of the Singapore dollar over the Malaysian ...
Asmah Laili began working at Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1959, [1] as a protégée of Zahrah Za'ba, the company's first female executive. [2] Asmah anchored programs on Warna 94.2FM, and was an executive producer for the Malay radio station in Singapore, working with writer Jah Lelawati among others. [3]
Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. [4] Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-denominational, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic country.
Classical Malay dress varies between different regions, but the most profound traditional dress in modern-day are Baju Kurung (for women) and Baju Melayu (for men), which both recognised as the national dress for Malaysia and Brunei, and also worn by Malay communities in Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand.