Sharifah Munirah Alatas

LETTER | Gerak reiterates 'lanes' scholars move in can be many and varied

LETTER | Gerak reiterates 'lanes' scholars move in can be many and varied

Academic group rebuts op-ed that Gerak urges professors to only speak on expertise.
COMMENT |  Academia's search for the truth

COMMENT | Academia's search for the truth

Local universities ignore dishonest, unbalanced, excessive and obsessive academic practices.
COMMENT | Disappointing state of M'sian scholar-activism

COMMENT | Disappointing state of M'sian scholar-activism

Reform seems to be the last thing on public scholars' minds.
COMMENT | Town halls for open discussions, not 'talk down' sessions

COMMENT | Town halls for open discussions, not 'talk down' sessions

Students expected MOHR town hall to address UUCA but left without answers. 
COMMENT | Using profanity won't endear you to people

COMMENT | Using profanity won't endear you to people

Articulating messages using intelligence and compassion goes a long way. 
COMMENT | Of social order, bigots and creepology

COMMENT | Of social order, bigots and creepology

Rabble-rousers are often those who have nothing to lose. 
COMMENT | Can an academician minister halt university decline?

COMMENT | Can an academician minister halt university decline?

Quality of public universities declining over past decades.
COMMENT | In education, no subjects are useless or irrelevant

COMMENT | In education, no subjects are useless or irrelevant

What about nutrition, personal finance, sociology and anthropology, and human rights?
COMMENT | Political chokehold on education system must end

COMMENT | Political chokehold on education system must end

Many cringe-worthy comments by PhD holders in the media. 
COMMENT | How good are our universities?

COMMENT | How good are our universities?

We should stop measuring prestige and start measuring progress.

COMMENT | ‘Tis the season to wish one another Happy Holidays. Or is it?

COMMENT | ‘Tis the season to wish one another Happy Holidays. Or is it?

We have had our share of colossal disappointments in 2021.
COMMENT | The 'misfits, loony tunes and squalid criminals' in M'sia

COMMENT | The 'misfits, loony tunes and squalid criminals' in M'sia

We know how to convict, but we don't know how to punish.

COMMENT | Debates on language have divided our society

COMMENT | Debates on language have divided our society

A majority of us blame our politicians, and rightfully so.
COMMENT | Malaysian politics: Nothing much has changed

COMMENT | Malaysian politics: Nothing much has changed

The official platitudes and rhetoric remain.
COMMENT | Learning to live with Covid-19 must be our new narrative

COMMENT | Learning to live with Covid-19 must be our new narrative

Our leaders have yet to change their official storyline focusing more on 'prevention' than 'infection'.

COMMENT | Metaphors and kangkong professors

COMMENT | Metaphors and kangkong professors

Kangkong professors may sound profound but they use metaphors dim-wittedly.

COMMENT | Misunderstanding regime change

COMMENT | Misunderstanding regime change

Ever since GE14, Malaysian media, politicians, academicians and civil society groups use the term 'regime' falsely.

COMMENT | Are we proud of our universities?

COMMENT | Are we proud of our universities?

Are we proud of our professors, their scholarship and the impact of their research on society?

COMMENT | Stop being a trashy society

COMMENT | Stop being a trashy society

Littering is not only an eyesore but also a national embarrassment.

COMMENT | Message for our leaders

COMMENT | Message for our leaders

We, the public, are obviously not being taken seriously.

COMMENT | Democracy should afford us intelligent leaders

COMMENT | Democracy should afford us intelligent leaders

Since we are a democracy, the people should know how to vote intelligently too.

COMMENT | Confronting evil and the fool in society

COMMENT | Confronting evil and the fool in society

Academician Syed Hussein Alatas believed that our leaders are not completely ignorant.

COMMENT | History autopsy: How civilisations collapsed and M'sian implications

COMMENT | History autopsy: How civilisations collapsed and M'sian implications

Societies 'die from suicide or murder rather than from natural causes' - Arnold Toynbee.

COMMENT | We are already quite sick

COMMENT | We are already quite sick

To be regionally or globally known as the “sick man” is humiliating and psychologically damaging.