Tag : Indonesia
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Dedy's poetry addresses the violence arising from Aceh's long but little-known struggle for independence from Indonesia. Aceh has been fighting to regain control over its oil and gas resources but the successionist protests organised by the Free Aceh Movement have been violently suppressed. Both...
Javanese writer and poet, Arahmaiani, uses her artwork to highlight the diversity of Islamic cultures and the stereotypes of her faith held across the world. She says, “When we speak about the Islamic world, it can be misleading if we don’t put it in context.. Islamic ways are not the same...
