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The History Of The Kampung Paya Malay Cooperative Store

The Kampung Paya Malay Cooperative Store belongs to a wider history of Malay community organisation in Penang. A shop serving daily needs could also become a…

When Penang’s Kampung Courts Took Flight

The story of Penang’s Malay men and the sport of sepak takraw in the 1930s begins with a game known widely as sepak raga. Long before the modern name became…

Tok Mek And The Craft Of Penang Malay Traditional Baking

In Penang Malay communities, food often carries memories more vividly than written records. A familiar smell from a wood-fired oven, the sound of dough being…

Malay Pottery of Penang: The Terracotta of Bukit Gelugor

Malay Pottery of Penang: The Terracotta of Bukit Gelugor opens a window onto the island’s older landscape, where clay, water, fire, and settlement came…

The Story Of The Kampung Makam Baru Well And Its Water

In Penang’s Malay historical landscape, a well can be much more than a structure for drawing water. It may preserve evidence of settlement, reveal how a…

How Penang Malays Made Their Own Fishing Nets from Cotton

Along Penang’s shores, fishing was more than a way to obtain food. It shaped daily routines, village economies, family knowledge, and relationships with the…

The Genealogy of Penang’s Malay Fishing Families

Penang’s Malay fishing communities carry a history shaped by the sea, river mouths, village pathways, and kinship ties that connected settlements across the…

Voices Behind Penang’s Mountain Princess Legend

Penang’s Malay heritage lives in more than buildings, graves, family names, and written records. It also survives in spoken narratives: stories repeated at…

The history of the Kampung Datuk Keramat Malay Association

The history of the Kampung Datuk Keramat Malay Association is closely connected to the growth of Penang’s Malay community. It reflects how residents created…

The Songket Songkok In Penang Malay Heritage

The songkok is one of the most recognisable items of Malay dress in Penang. Worn by men for Friday prayers, weddings, religious celebrations, official…

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  1. Assalamualaikum.
    (appologize, I have not a good english)

    I am very thanks you to give me a chance to join this community.

    I am an Indonesia citizen, lived in Banda Aceh.

    Currently, I am trying to find our brothers and sisters in Penang.

    Nyak Hasyim bin Nyak Puteh, the public figure in Penang (posted in August 2015) is my father eldest brother. We have no longer contacted with these family very longtime. If you have any information and possible please help us to connecting to the his sons/sisters or grandson/granddaughter.
    Please send any information to email : arqam_aceh@penangmalays.com

    His daughter name are Hasyimah, Saniah. Grand son name is Hasbi.

    many thanks to any kind of help.

    Assalamualaikum

    Arqam

    • Waalaikumussalam, Arqam.
      We’re very glad that you have joined us.

      At this moment, we don’t have any more information that can be provided. However, we do hope that your relatives will find you through your email in the comment section.

      All the best to you. Terima kasih.

  2. hi i am aida redza. i am told i can edit my profile here but i have registered and logged in but unable to . I was informed

    Sorry, but you do not have the correct permissions to activate the People Profile CPT plugin. Contact the administrator of this site for help on getting the plugin activated. Please contact the administrator of this site for help.

    Could you help. Thank you for having my profile shared on this site.

    • Hi Aida! It’s our pleasure to have you here. For your information, anyone who has registered is currently a subscriber but we will help you edit your profile. It would be great if you can send us the information needed for editing through email. Our email address is admin@penangmalays.com

      Thank you for visiting our website. Best wishes.

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