As reconstruction moves into high gear, it’s time to listen to tsunami victims
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Semsar Siahaan (1952-2005)
An outsider to all establishments, even artistic ones, Semsar Siahaan is yet to be accorded his rightful place among the ranks of great Indonesian artists
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Mochtar Lubis
Always controversial, Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia’s most respected journalists and best-known authors for over four decades.
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Uniform jilbab
The Islamic headscarf is now compulsory in many high schools
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Polygamy and chickens
This man’s message is simple — four wives are better for business than one
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Bloodied but unbowed
Golkar still dominates Indonesian politics
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Reviews
Review: This book is a useful contribution to a very small body of scholarly work in English on Indonesian literature.
Pam Allen
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The looming AIDS epidemic
Intravenous drug use is exacerbating the spread of the HIV virus
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Lecture me not
Helping to boost English teaching seemed a splendid idea, but then Indonesian realities intervened
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A shared vision
Portraits of Islamic women from different centuries and different organisations
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname