Written by Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews
Saturday, 11 August 2007
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 August)
An anthology of essays written by young Moro writers will be off the press on August 29, in time for the opening of the annual Manila International book Fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
Published by Anvil, “Children of the Ever-Changing Moon” features essays by 16 of our brilliant, gifted young Moro across the country.
Edited by Gutierrez Mangansakan II, an award-winning writer and filmmaker from Maguindanao, the book will have its Davao City launch on September 18 and will be available in all leading bookstores across the country also next month.
Aside from Mangansakan, the 15 other writers featured in the book are:
- Ayesah Abubakar, one of the founders of the Young Moro Professionals, now based in Penang, Malaysia where she lives with her husband, Kamarulzaman bin Askandar. She continues to pursue her aspirations for freedom and peace for the Bangsamoro as peace scholar in the University Sains Malaysia.
- Pearlsha Abubakar, also known by her stage name ISHA, has written for numerous broadsheets and publications and has provided content for I-Manila (i-manila.com.ph) and M2K Music (m2kmusic.net) websites.
-Sarah Matalam-Alvarez, an athlete and development worker from Davao City, was named Fellow for Educational Leadership of the East West Center in Hawaii in 2005.
- Mucha Shim Arquiza’s most lasting memory of Jolo in February 1974 was diving into a paksul (foxhole) while hanging on to her schoolbag containing precious treasures: a box of 16-color crayons, hand-made paper dolls, cowries, olives, a collection of rare sea-shells, and her new pair of white rubber slippers. In constant flight from fierce firefighting and house-burning in the turbulent 1970s, she had to abandon almost everything, from her prized possessions to her memories.
- Nefertari Al-Raschid Arsad is currently a university researcher at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines in Diliman. She expects to obtain her MA Degree in Education, major in Curriculum Studies at the UP College of Education by summer of 2007. In 2006, she was a Research Fellow of the Asian Muslim Action Network in Bangkok, Thailand, where she undertook a research on integrated madrasah education.
- Allyson Banga-an, 28, is an openly-gay development worker with an extensive professional experience in documentation, facilitation, resource mobilization, event planning, and media and public relations, having worked for various development organizations present in Mindanao, particularly the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
-Ayesha Merdeka Alonto-Datu Ramos is an AB History graduate of De La Salle University. She descends from the Alonto-Alangadi clan of the royal houses of Lanao, Maguindanao and Sulu. She is a staunch advocate of the Bangsamoro cause.
-Sittie Jamairah Disomimba works as a Trade and Promotion Officer of the Department of Trade and Industry in Cagayan de Oro City.
- Samira Ali Gutoc is one of the editors of the Moro Times, a monthly supplement of The Manila Times. A recipient of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awards, she is a founding member of the Young Moro Professionals Network.
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Sitti-Djalia Turabin-Hataman was born in 1976. She is a columnist, mother to Ahmed, Khaleed and Amina, and wife to Anak Mindanao representative Mujiv Hataman.
-Lawyer Loren Hallilah Lao, a member of faculty of the English Department, Mindanao State University in Marawi City, likes writing, dabbles in filmmaking and photography and is interested in Asian cultures, literature and cinema. She has written stories, some of which were published in The Law Gazette.
-Zainudin Malang, a Maguindanaon, is originally from Cotabato. Right before he reached his final year in elementary, he and his family migrated to the Muslim community in Metro Manila known as the Maharlika Village. He is now executive director of the Bangsamoro Center for Law and Policy.
-Farida D. Mending was born and raised in Cotabato City. A graduate of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, she is a marketing professional and is based in Manila.
-Gonaranao B. Musor received his BA Psychology (cum laude) and MA Communication degrees from UP Diliman. A career diplomat of the Department of Foreign Affairs, he serves as vice-consul at the Philippine embassy in Cairo.
-Sahara Alia Jauhali Silongan is taking up law at the Ateneo de Davao University. She finished her BA English (Creative Writing) at the University of the Philippines in Mindanao. A resident of Cotabato City, she is the second child of the late judge Sahara Silongan, a Maguindanaon, and Malalah Jauhali, a Tausug.
Mangansakan says the writers “have created a unique expression of their Moro identity,” reflecting in their essays their “struggle with issues of identity, religion, relationships, loss, tradition, and change. Like the thin crescent of the rising moon, the selection reveals different facets of our ‘Moro-ness.’”
“This anthology presents new voices that offer a glimpse into the life of a people whose opinion history and circumstance have somehow stifled, giving them an important, distinct place in our national imagination,” he said.
Saturday, 11 August 2007
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 August)
An anthology of essays written by young Moro writers will be off the press on August 29, in time for the opening of the annual Manila International book Fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
Published by Anvil, “Children of the Ever-Changing Moon” features essays by 16 of our brilliant, gifted young Moro across the country.
Edited by Gutierrez Mangansakan II, an award-winning writer and filmmaker from Maguindanao, the book will have its Davao City launch on September 18 and will be available in all leading bookstores across the country also next month.
Aside from Mangansakan, the 15 other writers featured in the book are:
- Ayesah Abubakar, one of the founders of the Young Moro Professionals, now based in Penang, Malaysia where she lives with her husband, Kamarulzaman bin Askandar. She continues to pursue her aspirations for freedom and peace for the Bangsamoro as peace scholar in the University Sains Malaysia.
- Pearlsha Abubakar, also known by her stage name ISHA, has written for numerous broadsheets and publications and has provided content for I-Manila (i-manila.com.ph) and M2K Music (m2kmusic.net) websites.
-Sarah Matalam-Alvarez, an athlete and development worker from Davao City, was named Fellow for Educational Leadership of the East West Center in Hawaii in 2005.
- Mucha Shim Arquiza’s most lasting memory of Jolo in February 1974 was diving into a paksul (foxhole) while hanging on to her schoolbag containing precious treasures: a box of 16-color crayons, hand-made paper dolls, cowries, olives, a collection of rare sea-shells, and her new pair of white rubber slippers. In constant flight from fierce firefighting and house-burning in the turbulent 1970s, she had to abandon almost everything, from her prized possessions to her memories.
- Nefertari Al-Raschid Arsad is currently a university researcher at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines in Diliman. She expects to obtain her MA Degree in Education, major in Curriculum Studies at the UP College of Education by summer of 2007. In 2006, she was a Research Fellow of the Asian Muslim Action Network in Bangkok, Thailand, where she undertook a research on integrated madrasah education.
- Allyson Banga-an, 28, is an openly-gay development worker with an extensive professional experience in documentation, facilitation, resource mobilization, event planning, and media and public relations, having worked for various development organizations present in Mindanao, particularly the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
-Ayesha Merdeka Alonto-Datu Ramos is an AB History graduate of De La Salle University. She descends from the Alonto-Alangadi clan of the royal houses of Lanao, Maguindanao and Sulu. She is a staunch advocate of the Bangsamoro cause.
-Sittie Jamairah Disomimba works as a Trade and Promotion Officer of the Department of Trade and Industry in Cagayan de Oro City.
- Samira Ali Gutoc is one of the editors of the Moro Times, a monthly supplement of The Manila Times. A recipient of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awards, she is a founding member of the Young Moro Professionals Network.
-
Sitti-Djalia Turabin-Hataman was born in 1976. She is a columnist, mother to Ahmed, Khaleed and Amina, and wife to Anak Mindanao representative Mujiv Hataman.
-Lawyer Loren Hallilah Lao, a member of faculty of the English Department, Mindanao State University in Marawi City, likes writing, dabbles in filmmaking and photography and is interested in Asian cultures, literature and cinema. She has written stories, some of which were published in The Law Gazette.
-Zainudin Malang, a Maguindanaon, is originally from Cotabato. Right before he reached his final year in elementary, he and his family migrated to the Muslim community in Metro Manila known as the Maharlika Village. He is now executive director of the Bangsamoro Center for Law and Policy.
-Farida D. Mending was born and raised in Cotabato City. A graduate of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, she is a marketing professional and is based in Manila.
-Gonaranao B. Musor received his BA Psychology (cum laude) and MA Communication degrees from UP Diliman. A career diplomat of the Department of Foreign Affairs, he serves as vice-consul at the Philippine embassy in Cairo.
-Sahara Alia Jauhali Silongan is taking up law at the Ateneo de Davao University. She finished her BA English (Creative Writing) at the University of the Philippines in Mindanao. A resident of Cotabato City, she is the second child of the late judge Sahara Silongan, a Maguindanaon, and Malalah Jauhali, a Tausug.
Mangansakan says the writers “have created a unique expression of their Moro identity,” reflecting in their essays their “struggle with issues of identity, religion, relationships, loss, tradition, and change. Like the thin crescent of the rising moon, the selection reveals different facets of our ‘Moro-ness.’”
“This anthology presents new voices that offer a glimpse into the life of a people whose opinion history and circumstance have somehow stifled, giving them an important, distinct place in our national imagination,” he said.
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