Culture
The Second Life of Penang Street Food
As heritage tourism transforms Georgetown's hawker culture, the vendors who built it are asking whether the attention is helping them, or slowly replacing them.
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Culture
The Coffee Shop That Was There Before You Were Born
The tiles on the floor are original, which means they're older than most of the people eating here.
Culture
KL's Night Markets Are Not Dying. They Are Changing.
The pasar malam was never supposed to be permanent. That's precisely why it has survived everything thrown at it.
Culture
The Faces on the Wall
Every hospital waiting room has them. Every school staffroom. The framed portraits of people a society has decided to remember.
Culture
The Language We Never Stopped Learning But Forgot to Keep
Bahasa Malaysia is known. It's just not always the language the day happens in.
Culture
Why Our Weddings Keep Getting Bigger When We Can Afford Them Less
The guest list is three hundred people. The couple has been engaged for two years, saving every month. They still had to take a loan.
Culture
The Pasar Malam That Raised Me
Every Thursday evening, the same stretch of road became something else entirely.
Culture
Why the Mamak Never Closes (And What That Says About Us)
At 2am, the mamak is still full, and nobody there is asking what you do for work.