Driving Malaysia’s E2, Or: How Can We Not Rage?
Surrounded by roadkill, palm oil plantations, reckless Porsches, inane billboard ads, and police cars stopping migrant workers, Enbah Nilah presses the accelerator and searches for an exit.
Read MoreSame Bun Cha, Different Tony From New York
Food can be an entryway to explore the culture, history, and multiplicity of a place. Or not.
Read MoreDon’t Get Tricked on Lake Kerinci
On a fishing trip, Beri Hanna gauges the persistence of Kerinci’s myths, magic, and wildness.
Read MoreSaying Goodbye to My Ancestral Home
“What is a house without its inhabitants, a home without a family? When the people go, the place goes too.”
Read MoreKluang Only Has One Mountain
Walking and woodworking in a small Malaysian town teach Angel Lee the power of slowness, silence and stillness.
Read MoreIn the Heart of HCMC, Seeking One Place That’s Permanent
The shops and stalls of a working-class district give Viên An great comfort, but economic pressure on the neighborhood is relentless.
Read MoreNo Place to Call Home
Kuik Yi Ke wanders through a concreted, tower-studded district of central KL, seeking lingering traces of worlds that are being razed.
Read MoreA Garden and a Mosh Pit in a Skyscraper’s Shadow
Watching a punk concert on a rooftop, Ancen is prompted to reflect on what makes an ideal city.
Read MoreIn Maluku I Feared, Then Faced the Sea
After a lifetime of avoiding the ocean, Amy Djafar walks at dawn to the water’s edge and paddles out.
Read MoreFor Whom the Nasi Goreng Cart Tok-Toks
For those who know what it means, few things are sweeter than the 'tok-tok' sound of a roving food cart selling fried rice and noodles.
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How to Sell a Sack of Chillies in West Sumatra
Deddy Arsya experiences the thrill of commerce in a vegetable market in Bukittinggi.
Read MoreThe Roar of the Ocean Can’t Compete With a Madurese Village
Royyan Julian, exhausted from his university work and participation in cultural activities, desperately needs a little tranquility. His hometown has other ideas.
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