The Storytelling for Social Change: A Citizen Media Toolkit is a dedication to the conversations and camaraderie we fostered through a series of workshops and sessions organised between October and December 2023, in Kota Kinabalu with a circle comprising filmmakers, artists, writers, performers and creative […]
Original Sabahan: Kisah Anak Tanpa Dokumen is a two-part documentary featuring stateless woman Catherine, and Gabriella, who received her blue Malaysian Identity Card (IC) last year. In Part 2 of the documentary, Founder of ANAK (Advocates for Non-Discrimination and Access to Knowledge), Anne Baltazar shares […]
In response to a recent event reported in the media (“Anger over Sabahan subjected to chokehold”), our writer recounts her own personal experiences as a Sabahan living abroad in Semenanjung Malaysia around two decades ago. Have you ever felt similarly for being Sabahan in Malaysia? In a country divided by the South China Sea, do you think that media has played a role in distorting perceptions of what it is to be Sabahan?
Saat senja aku memandangJauh ke depan,Sinar mentari semakin menjauh,Mengecil dari pandangan ku Saat malam, Sinar pelita menemanikuTarian ombak menghempas batuDan angin sepoi-sepoi membuathatiku tenang. Namun…Ketenangan cuma sementaraTiba-tibaJantungku… berdegup pantasBadanku… mengigil kesejukanKakiku melangkah… seribu…Entah ke mana…Mataku… tidak… mengenal malamTubuku dibasahi embun…Fikiranku… dipenuhi ketakutan Keluargu kurang bernasib […]
Sama seperti kebanyakan ‘amah’ tanpa dokumen di negeri ini, Mariam (bukan nama sebenar) telah melalui banyak kisah suka duka. Namun keinginan untuk terus mencari rezeki diteruskan walaupun risikonya terlalu tinggi. Mariam, 51, berasal dari Zamboanga, Filipina telah menetap di Negeri di Bawah Bayu tanpa document […]
Let us stop domestic violence. Let us open up our hands and hearts to help those in need, regardless of gender, or the colour of your skin. It is just right to reach out and help. And as for the victims out there, do not be ashamed or scared to accept these helping hands. Let yourselves be helped. That might save your life.