Svara: Centering the Peripheries
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Venue
- Paul Webley Wing (Senate House)
- Room
- Wolfson Lecture Theatre (SWLT)
About this event
Hafiz Hamzah (Chief Editor) and Badrul Hisham (Content Editor)
Summary
Svara started out with the modest intention of being a platform to gather engaging written pieces in Bahasa Malaysia. With a focus on longform writing, Svara collects compelling stories from the peripheries, and presents them in a medium long-considered dead—the print medium. Now entering its third year, the publication has carved its own path in the local literary scene, sharing essays, short stories and poems that illuminate a corner of Malaysiana that is rarely seen otherwise.
Speaker Biographies
Hafiz Hamzah (Chief Editor) currently works as editor at Paultan.com/bm. A writer and a poet. He also operates a small publishing enterprise, Obscura.
Badrul Hisham (Content Editor) is currently an associate of Iman Research, a think tank enterprise. Also, a filmmaker.
Chair: Dr Mulaika Hijjas (SOAS)
Registration
This event is open to the public, however registration is required. Online registration
Organiser: Svara and SOAS Centre of South East Asian Studies
Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk
