Wazir Jahan Karim

is the executive director of Intersocietal and Scientific (Inas) and advisor for Muslim Affairs in Penang Heritage Trust. She is also the author of Penang Muslim Culinary Heritage that will be published in early 2012.

4 posts

Saving Tanjung Tokong

9 min read

Kampung Tanjung Tokong, older than George Town, is Penang’s last coastal urban village—its 300-year-old living heritage now under threat from luxury development and a long battle over land rights.

by Wazir Jahan Karim

Wazir Jahan Karim

The Shafee Yahaya Story: Estate Boy to ACA Chief

5 min read

This is a narrative about Datuk Shafee Yahaya, former Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) chief who assumed the position from June 16, 1994 to September 11, 1998, written by his wife, Datin Kalsom Taib.

by Wazir Jahan Karim

Wazir Jahan Karim

Saying It With Food: The Culinary Heritage of Penang’s Jawi Peranakan

7 min read

What’s culture without cuisine? And what better cuisine than that which developed through the fusion of varied culinary tastes? The dynamic life of the Straits Settlements could not but generate exquisite foods for transcending barriers.

by Wazir Jahan Karim

Wazir Jahan Karim

A Silat Performance to Awe the World

3 min read

The George Town Festival 2012, under the directorship of Joe Sidek, opened on June 15, under a “starry starry night” with a spectacular performance of “Silat: Our Heritage for the World” at the Fort Cornwallis open theatre in George Town.

by Wazir Jahan Karim

Wazir Jahan Karim