Salam.
I’ve always felt that I should say something for this post from our esteemed Taufik, but so far hadn’t found the right contents to deliver. Alhamdulillah, I guess watching a video and later discussing it with another friend has provided me with enough inspiration to write here. To save me from constantly making reminders in […]

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Assalamualaikum.

I read a particular ‘revelatory’ confessional piece from a genius-turned-callgirl. Among the parts that caught my attention was the part about her buying an expensive Gucci dress and handbag (expensive might not be the word, humongously extravagant could fit better). She was very happy about that, and bragged at length about how much she can […]

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Assalamualaikum.
“Let’s dash the final 100 metres to Jannah.”
The words kept ringing in my head, long after they were uttered.
Yesterday, I travelled for almost two hours in a train from Manchester to Nottingham, and back again by bus which took almost five hours including transit time, just for a three-hour session with Dr Amaluddin Ahmad organized […]

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mereka laung reformasi
pekik-pekikkan revolusi
jalan-jalan raya macet pekat

menyekat orang banyak berarak

aku garu-garu dahi, aku tidak mengerti
aku hanya mahu makan nasi.
 
mereka jerit inflasi
teriak-teriakkan subsidi
tol di lebuh dan lintang
minyak untuk skuter dan motokar
aku usap-usap basikal tua
dan selipar jepun yang lusuh tapaknya
aku hanya mahu beras dan gula
yang tidak pernah-pernah turun harga. 
 
mereka lalak korupsi
tempik-tempikkan hipokrasi
mahu cuci kotak undi
mahu celup hujung […]

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There’s a big difference between practicality and indifference. Reading an opinion on the 3rd December edition of SD about how the University Union is not serving the interests of their students and focusing instead on ‘irrelevant’ issues that do not directly serve the interests of ‘average students who do not really care that much’.
How do […]

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Minggu ini “Solidarity with Palestine Week”, anjuran Action Palestine, University of Manchester. Setiap hari ada aktiviti untuk menyedarkan massa tentang malapetaka kemanusiaan yang bermaharajalela di bumi Zaytun sana. Dokumentari, perbincangan, ceramah, tayangan filem, hampir semuanya berkisar tentang penderitaan pribumi Palestin yang ditenyeh-tenyeh oleh penjarah Israel dan dilayan di luar tatacara manusiawi.
Setakat ini […]

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Assalamualaikum.
OK, apologies to the unmentioned friend from whose statement this title is derived. No offence!
It had been a very lovely Eid in Manchester. Full of diet-crashing delicacies and mind-boggling extravaganza that makes the quadriceps-torturing walks to find the houses worthwhile. And of course, the warm hospitality of hosts and friendly company of fellow visitors make […]

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assalamualaikum.
These are the photo of the flyers that are being distributed around campus and residential halls (I got mine from the Gemini takeaway next door when I went to get some apple pies).

There are also posters on stop-the-war demonstration in London, on the 8th of October.
It is interesting to see that in countries like the […]

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Assalamualaikum.
Salam sejahtera.
Saya tidak pasti siapa yang mengucapkan ungkapan ini.
“Orang bijak berbicara kerana ada perkara yang perlu dikatakan, orang yang kurang bijak berbicara kerana dia merasakan perlu untuk berkata-kata.”
Entri Najwan yang terdahulu, mengkritik secara ’satira horatia‘, perihal remaja/belia Malaysia yang tidak pandai berwacana. Memandang satu-satu isu secara superficial - hanya pada permukaan, tanpa analisa mendalam, atau […]

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guli kaca
jernih
dalamnya ombak yang kaku
pelangi yang tertangkap
pernah lihat dakwat
pekat yang
menitis dalam air secawan
menari sebelum melarut
guli kaca
keras
dihempas ia melantun
meninggi lagi
walaupun retak
walaupun sompek
ombak yang kaku
pelangi yang tertangkap
kacanya pudar
warnanya terus.
aku tidak pernah lihat
guli yang pecah.
adibah abdullah,
29 Deyne Avenue, Manchester

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