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I really applaud your efforts. It's really difficult to do a book like that.- WAZIRThanks again for your immense work, my family and I are indeed extremely grateful.- AZLANYour effort in writing about the early Muslim doctors is very commendable and would be good for present and future generations to read about.- TAHIRYou are doing valuable work by filling in the gaps in our history. Iwish more of our retirees would impart their memories to repositoriesof knowledge such as the USM.- TAWFIK
This book examines how women journalists in Malaysia negotiated male power structures, in particular structures determined by the keystone party of the ruling coalition, the United Malays National Organisation. Through both oral histories and content analysis, it looks at how women journalists in the women’s pages of the newspapers found spaces to advocate for their readers. It is thus the first work to look at the importance of the women’s pages in the Malay-language newspapers, and how apparently monolithic institutions of the authoritarian state hid diverse contests for resources and prestige. In this contest, the concept of news values, the perception of the reader and the ways in which women constructed themselves as journalists all come into play, and are examined here. The book contributes to the field of feminist media studies by examining how gendered newsroom practices paradoxically allowed women journalists in the women’s pages more editorial freedom than those in the malestream press.
This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia. It elaborates on how elements of theology, sacred space, resources, and their interactivity with secular instruments such as legislative, electoral, and new social technological platforms are all instrumentally employed to consolidate a divine bureaucracy. The book makes the point that religious social movements and political parties are only few of the important agents of Islamisation in society. The other is the modern and secular state structure itself. Weber’s legal rational bureaucracy or Hegel’s ethical bureaucracy predominantly characterises a modern feature of governmentality. In thi...
Malaysia’s Taxation System: Contemporary Practices, Issues and Future Direction offers a clear and concise analysis of Malaysia’s taxation system in terms of its origin and its adaptation to changing economic and social conditions. With unique insights from experienced legal, accounting, and tax practitioners and eminent academics, this book highlights the need for a holistic review of the taxation system going forward as the country strives for high-income status in the near future.
Kumpulan cerpen Kembara Mencari Sinar adalah himpunan 30 cerpen yang meneroka berbagai aspek masyarakat dan kehidupan termasuk isu dalam dan luar negara. Penulis dengan keistimewaan tersendiri ini mengetengahkan berbagai teknik penceritaan yang segar bersama idea menarik dan mengagumkan. Sesuai untuk dipraktikkan oleh penulis baru atau berpengalaman. Pembaca dibawa untuk melihat dan merasa dalam penceritaan. Mesej yang disampaikan bersahaja namun sarat dengan nasihat berguna tetapi tetap menghiburkan. Sentiasa ada kejutan dan sesuatu yang istimewa dan tidak pernah menghampakan. Realiti hidup... Bukan sahaja lalu bahagia, adakala penuh drama Liku-liku perjalanan meniti usia...
This compelling account offers a unique insight into the modern Islamic corporation.
"This book focuses on the data mining and knowledge management implications that lie within online government"--Provided by publisher.