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Malaysian author Shamini Flint unmasks stories about the pandemic with anthology

The anthology 'Unmasked' collects stories, poems, cartoons and photos about the pandemic by a wide range of people. Photo: Shamini Flint
When Covid-19 lockdowns began last year, Singapore-based Malaysian author Shamini Flint found herself struggling. Despite being a writer for many years, she found it difficult to express her feelings in thoughts or words.
After speaking to her other established writer friends, she found that many of them were feeling the same.
“I suppose, if one has been writing about the world as it is for a long time, a paradigm shift of such magnitude is difficult to manage.
“Around the same time, I noticed that many non-writers, for lack of a better word, were sharing thoughtful pieces on social media and using the unexpected time to find new ways of expressing their viewpoint on the new normal. I decided that, if I could not write, it was an opportunity to help project these other voices so we could all draw on our collective experiences or at the very least, share the burden of these trouble times, ” says Shamini, 51, who is the author of the

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Hindsight 2020: Malaysian arts and culture scene's will to survive

The pandemic practically destroyed the 2020 calendar year for the arts and culture scene in Malaysia.
Despite countless festival cancellations, months of theatre closures and art event postponements, we can still look back at how a new, resilient and different creative world has emerged to give arts and culture practitioners a path forward.
KLPac, a beacon in the dark
The arts will find a way. Despite catastrophic financial losses, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) still stands, thanks to well-wishers, donors, sponsors, the #SaveYourSeat initiative and KLPac’s staff who took several rounds of pay cuts, reveals a grateful Joe Hasham, its co-founder/ artistic director.

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'Unsilenced' campaign focuses on freedom of expression and censorship in Malaysia

Do you remember when four artworks from acclaimed Malaysian contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman’s solo exhibition
At The End Of The Day Even Art Is Not Important at the National Art Gallery were taken down early this year, following a complaint from a board member?
What about when Penang-based theatremaker Fa Abdul was forced to postpone the premiere of her new play in 2019 and subsequently change its title just because it contained the word "sex"?
Freedom of expression and censorship is indeed a hot topic in Malaysia.
In conjunction with the recent Human Rights Day, Amnesty International Malaysia (Amnesty) shines the spotlight on these pertinent issues through its aptly named

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