Jawi letters are difficult for children to write as they require the use of fine motor skills. Research indicated that up to 95% of students had negative attitudes towards Jawi because they found it ...

Arabic calligraphy is a traditional art form cherished by Muslims worldwide, and the Jawi script has adopted Arabic characters and writing techniques to produce exquisite artwork. Common styles of ...

There is very high aesthetic value of the Jawi calligraphy which should indeed become the pride of the whole nation, and I do not personally think that the move has been tailored to specifically ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The allegation by DAP political education director Liew Chin Tong that local Chinese newspapers distorted the Jawi calligraphy issue in 2019 is irresponsible, says The Editors ...

Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN HUAZONG is urging the government to put aside the implementation of Jawi calligraphy in primary schools for the time being and cancel this year ...

But most people tend to assume that Peranakans refer exclusively to Baba Nyonyas, which isn’t true, because we also have other Peranakan communities in Malaysia and their culture is equally unique and ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said on Tuesday (Dec 31) that a planned protest against Chinese education group Dong Zong by a Muslim student body is illegal as no permits were issued by relevant ...

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A meeting to discuss Jawi writing in Malaysia's Chinese and Tamil language schools on Sunday (Dec 29) passed several resolutions, chief of which was to ...

Some 100 people joined a competition featuring both Chinese and Jawi calligraphy organised by DAP’s Kuala Kubu Bharu assemblyperson Lee Kee Hiong on Sunday. The event drew participants of all ...

Putrajaya had initially announced that six pages of Jawi calligraphy lessons would be introduced in the Standard Four Bahasa Malaysia textbook beginning next year. Following backlash from Chinese ...

On August 8, the Malaysian government announced that khat (Jawi calligraphy) will be an optional elective for Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools, after an earlier decision for it to be taught to ...