First published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim  Professionals (AMP), April 2018, Volume 13, Issue 2. “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are … More In Defense of Reading: Need for Culture of Literary Literacy in the Malay Community