Gender Relations: A Wrestle or a Dance?
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SOCIOLOGY IS THE study of how a certain society functions, and central to that ambition is the study of how different genders relate to each other in that socie...
November 2025
This November, Penang Monthly explores language, place and memory. As GTLF returns, we highlight Penang’s multilingual streets and the dialects that keep local history alive.
Making Women in Politics a Norm
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A WOMAN’S INITIATION into politics is as crucial as it is demanding. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Penang Monthly sits down over Zoom...
Letting Sound Play on Sight, and Vice Versa
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TO PARAPHRASE SHAKESPEARE, “If music is the food of love, paint on.”Visual artists in Malaysia are faced with a widening spectrum of creative expr...
How MBSP Keeps Seberang Perai Cleaner
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THERE IS A long-held perception that Penangites are averse to 3D (dirty, dangerous and difficult) employments. This opinion was put to the test when in 2011, cu...
Malay Folk Remedies Live On
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The therapy room at Bekam Klinikal Pulau Pinang.THE MALAY PROVERB tak lapuk dek hujan, tak lekang dek panas – not weathered by rain, not scorched by...
Penangite Launches Podcast Featuring Women Entrepreneurs
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MY LOVE FOR podcasts started almost a decade ago, when I bought my iPod from a duty-free shop at Changi Airport. Coming from an entrepreneurial background, my p...
A School for Forward Tech Thinkers
6 min read
Forward School is the brainchild of tech aficionado Howie Chang. It is aimed at equipping aspiring tech professionals with industry-ready skills required in the fast-moving tech sector.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture Aiding the Restoration of George Town’s Northern Coastline
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Islamic Cairo. Al-Azhar Park, a 60 ha garden near the historic city (completed 2005). Photo: AKTCIN LATE 2013 representatives of the Aga Khan Trust for Cu...
Support Needed to Complete the Renovation of Penang’s Greatest Iconic Structure
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DESPITE BEING a Category I national heritage monument, Fort Cornwallis has for a long time been an underperforming tourism asset. That time may soon be over. Cu...
Nicol David: So Much Done, So Much to Do
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DATO’ NICOL DAVID was the first famous personality to be profiled by Penang Monthly. This was in February 2010, in the magazine’s third issue, in an...
Penang Aims for Broad and Deep Digital Adoption
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DIGITAL PENANG (DP) WAS formed by the Penang State Government in the early throes of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Its mandate was clear: to capture opportun...
An anthology with exciting internal dynamics
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The average Malaysian non-fiction section in any bookstore looks like a country club photo album that portrays the post-colonial elite, endorsing the viewpoint...
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