Jakarta Wednesday was a national holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Some people forget that this secular country of 250 million is actually the largest Muslim country in the world, and because of that and in my view a thousand other reasons could represent a real opportunity when there is a different person in …
Category: Personal Writings
Macini Sombla
Makassar Wardah, her partner, Wilvadi Budiharga, Professor Tamrin Tomagola, and “Awi” Nawir, the senior organizer on Wardah’s staff for all of the work in the 4 or 5 offices in cities throughout Sulawesi, and I went to Macini Sombla, one of the major communities where UPC and KPRM expected to turnout their …
Activists at the KopiZone
Makassar Finishing the workshop with the organizers around 6 PM, we had overshot lunch by miles and it was time for dinner as many were breaking the Ramadan fast. I rode behind the Suzuki motorcycle of the senior organizer to the Makassar waterfront to wait as the sunset beautifully over the water in the straits …