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Seeking Gods through the Occasional Rap, Ethnoelectronics, Synths and Drum-loops

June 15, 2020by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

by Dk. Siti Zulaikha Pg Hj Ishak. Seeking Gods and Fulfilment through the Occasional Rap, Ethno-electronica, Synths and Drum-loops: Borrowing from Indigenous Worlds In 1971, French ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp recorded […]

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Academic Writing

Reflecting Sweet Lullaby

June 15, 2020by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

Seeking Gods and Fulfilment through the Occasional Rap, Ethno-electronica, Synths and Drum-loops: Borrowing from Indigenous Worlds by Dk. Siti Zulaikha Pg Hj Ishak. In 1971, French ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp recorded […]

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non-academic writing

Into the garong we go

May 28, 2020by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

No veil too opaque, no whip too thin, to punish and wound the Petara within.   Whom our feeders fend away,  while excavating our soul, ridding our sin, purifying control. […]

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Poetry

Worshipping her

December 21, 2019by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

When she stops kissing you, shatter the silverware by her feet let the sink in the kitchen overflow hide her medication between the cushions purchase a bag of twenty pounds […]

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Poetry

Revisiting the meadow

September 22, 2019by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

I motioned up the hills familiar gravitational ellipses and eclipses, longingly pulling the familiar tulips towards me — my love, I want to come home now. The sunset had begun, […]

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Poetry

the sunbird sings

June 21, 2019by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

Seek it out late at night the trilling – of a loud melody. There never was a lovelier sunbird, emblazoned in all its glory. Late at night, the sunbird picks […]

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Poetry

The Holiest Fashion Show

June 14, 2019by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

Inspired by Sepia Fashion Show, Maya Angelou. Their noses flat, fingers stumpy,  and familiar black hair, shade-wise. Their tongues are short, eyebrows contort, as they rule above you, faith-wise. Their […]

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Poetry

In maya’s strength

June 13, 2019by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

I imagine it must be difficult, to have a brain so vast, it accommodates for the likes of the Appalachian mountains, and all our oceans, amassed.   I imagine it […]

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Poetry

nestled in the eternal cavern

October 29, 2018by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

There are gargantuan mountains inside your skull, cascading waterfalls in chaos, tumultuous oceans of darkest blue, different corners of rooms, curtains of a particular shade, dinner tables, your favourite cigarettes, […]

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Poetry

Leaving Our Little Home

October 29, 2018by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

There exists a partition — a cheeky one, winking at you from the middle of the room. I avoid making eye-contact with it lest it engages me in a conversation […]

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Poetry

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