I was invited for a visit to the official venue of the George Town Literary Festival 2017 by Gareth Richards, an editor, bookseller and the
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The latest season of TV Thriller Homeland began with an ex-CIA officer trying to defend an American of Nigerian descent, Sekou Bah, who was arrested
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As scholar, I’ve always been keen to understand how regular people make sense of the entertainment media they consume. I look at how media piracy’s
We Can’t Talk About the Terrorists: An Ethnography of Silence in the East Coast of Sabah
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Malaysia, with or without IS
To date, we have an estimate of 140-150 Malaysians who have joined the war in Syria; around 90 returnees; and more than 30 individuals arrested
On Rehabilitation and Reintegration
The Syrian government’s declaration of victory over the Islamic State brings the issue of foreign terrorist fighters returning to their countries to the forefront yet