{"id":17182,"date":"2015-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/08\/31\/writer-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:56:54","slug":"writer-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/08\/31\/writer-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">A\/P Hussin Mutalib (Dept. of Political Science) started writing to the Forum page\u00a0of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">t<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">he Straits Times in\u00a0the\u00a01980s\u00a0when there was a dearth of effective voices articulating the challenges and grievances of the\u00a0Malay-Muslim\u00a0community, making it a much misunderstood one.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The Straits Times\u00a0has\u00a0given him the title of &#8216;Writer of The Week&#8217;\u00a0for his\u00a0contribution to\u00a0alternative ideas for a better Singapore.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Read more here:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/forum\/letters-in-print\/writer-of-the-week-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/forum\/letters-in-print\/writer-of-the-week-8<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\/P Hussin Mutalib (Dept. of Political Science) started writing to the Forum page\u00a0of the Straits Times in\u00a0the\u00a01980s\u00a0when there was a dearth of effective voices articulating the challenges and grievances of the\u00a0Malay-Muslim\u00a0community, making it a much misunderstood one. 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