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Refining Maritime Boundary Delimitation Methodology: the Search for Predictability and Certainty
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

By virtue of the sole reliance on equitable principles, in total disregard of the equidistance method, in the North Sea Continental Shelf cases and vague and hollow provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 in particular on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, the maritime boun

Khoo Kay Kim: an Oral History Appointment Fated not to be
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

History is what happened in the past. And the past can also be fated not to be, at the same time. On the Tuesday morning of May 28, I was initially slotted for an oral history session with Professor Emeritus Khoo Kay Kim, widely regarded as the nation’s historian. That interview was destined not to be. It was earlier postponed as Khoo was hospita

Renew the Spirit of Nationhood
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Over the decades, this newspaper has carried many opinion pieces on Negaraku. Two of which were my columns — one accounting on the origins of the national anthem (December 2017), and the other Negaraku as a national symbol and icon. Some have described it as an experiment in national integration, viz, allowing for the “diversity” in which the

Tapestry of the Indian Ocean
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

In 2004, while visiting West Sumatra, we stopped along the promenade in Padang, the capital city of the province. My then 10-year-old son, Rumi, exclaimed in disbelief: “The Indian Ocean!” That was the first time he and I stood before the vastness of the Indian Ocean, the geography and history that we had erstwhile encountered through textbooks

Popularising Batik
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

We do not have to wait for Visit Malaysia Year 2020 to promote local batik, nor wait for Thursdays, or for some formal occasions. Or wait for our wakil rakyat to adorn it in Parliament, perhaps make a drab debate more colourful. We have lost that distinct expression of a national identity (in the batik) which all can consume, regardless of economic

Impact of Collected Malay Writings
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

There is a renewed interest among aficionados and connoisseurs of Malay writings in recent times. Books narrating Malay society, history and culture, as well as classical Malay texts, especially written and published before World War Two are much sought-after. And second-hand bookstores and some of the newer independent booksellers know this too we

The Past of Futures Studies
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Social science has many purposes. An overriding objective is to improve human lives and humanity as a whole. Like the hard sciences, such forms of knowledge also enable us to predict the future — possible, probable, preferable, or imagined. Governments, corporations, various industries and militaries apply and consume research on the social scien

Asian Studies and the Western Mind: Where do We Stand?
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Asian studies has constantly been framed by a changing geopolitical context. It is illustrative of how knowledge depends upon, is defined and produced by human interests. Asian Studies has its colonial roots, in Oriental or Asiatic studies.

“can We do a Turtle?” – an Exploratory Study on semi-Technical Vocabulary in Mmo Gaming
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The rapid development of Massively Multiple Online Games (MMOGs) over the years has enabled players from different geographical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds to meet, play and communicate with each other online in the context of gaming. Such setting forms a breeding ground for new language to emerge, particularly the language of gaming. Howe

Antioxidant Activity and in Vitro Cytotoxicity Study of the Phenolic Compounds from Piper Sarmentosum.
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Cancer is by far one of the most worrying health issues that continues to be the major killing diseases worldwide, accounting for more than 6 million deaths. In the confrontation of advances in modern medicine such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy, cancer disease persists a worldwide problem. Thus the search for new potent

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