The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 10) – Mad Max: Fury Road
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 10) – Mad Max: Fury Road The Fat Bidin Film Club invites special guest Arif Rafhan Othman (aka Apan) to chat about the new […]
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Freelance writers banding together to take powers out of the hands of publishers
I was a freelance writer for about 15 years (wait a minute… I still am actually!) and the issue of rates and payments has always been one that is icky […]
A photo print of an ultra-poor Hazarat family in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
In war-torn countries, it is almost too common to see the ultra-poor unable to bring themselves ahead in life. And this was what I saw in Afghanistan. In the mountains of […]
Should metrics and audience analytics determine journalistic and editorial direction?
The human factor or the Chartbeat culture? This is a debate that has been raging on in newsrooms everywhere (including here in Malaysia) and the most common argument is that […]
Jom keluar makan! Tapi GST bagaimana?
Jom keluar makan! Tapi GST bagaimana? By Zan Azlee Saya sering keluar makan bersama keluarga dan juga kawan-kawan saya. Masa bersama mereka, sambil menikmati juadah yang enak, merupakan masa yang […]
A hard copy of James Nachtwey’s Nepal dispatches for TIME is more satisfying than on the iPad
I’m a sucker for anything James Nachtwey and when TIME magazine released their issue of his photographs of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, I just had to buy the actual […]
TPP – Untung atau memudaratkan Malaysia?
TPP – Untung atau memudaratkan Malaysia? Oleh Zan Azlee Asalnya, hanya empat negara yang terlibat, iaitu Singapura, Brunei, New Zealand dan Chile. Kemudiannya, Amerika Syarikat mula menunjuk minat dan sekarang, 12 negara […]
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 48) – Beyond a shadow (cabinet) of a doubt
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 48) – Beyond a shadow (cabinet) of a doubt What’s a shadow cabinet? Zan and Aizyl talk check and balance, establishing public confidence, and male-Malay-Muslim […]
Fat Bidin recommended reads, views and listens from the Internet this week
1. The New York Times’ report, ‘Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, shunned by Malaysia, are spotted adrift in Andaman Sea‘ by Southeast Asia correspondent Thomas Fuller (who I’ve worked with before) […]
Kudos Malaysia for first step in addressing Rohingya crisis
Kudos Malaysia for first step in addressing Rohingya crisis By Zan Azlee Now Malaysia has decided that they we will take the Rohingya and Bangladeshis stranded at sea in for […]
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