Sadaqah (Charity) and Pahala (Blessing) at Masjid Jogokariyan in Yogyakarta Mark Woodward and Indria Hartika In Yogyakarta, days during Ramadan days begin with sahur, a simple predawn meal, and close ...

Jakarta 1998 was bad, but Prabowo likely had more blood on his hands in East Timor Gerry van Klinken As everybody knows, one of the strongest candidates for the presidency has an image problem, ...

Indah Arsyad’s Balinese perspective Natasha Doroshenko Murray At Indonesia Bertutur 2024, a biannual festival exploring Indonesia’s cultural heritage through contemporary art, the historic gardens of ...

To include bissu in the group described as waria requires a quite extraordinarily inclusive and flexible interpretation of the term. As Sharyn Graham points out (Inside Indonesia No. 66, April-June ...

The Dutch colonialists adopted the concept of domein verklaring (domain declaration) to claim control over a large part of Indonesia’s land. This act lives on in modern-day Indonesia, causing conflict ...

A business alliance forged in 2008 between Joko Widodo and Luhut Pandjaitan formed the basis for a major axis in his presidency Jeremy Mulholland President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is commonly portrayed ...

Alice Sinclair, Daniele Antonaglia and Max Eagles ‘The original price is Rp16 million,’ says the young Indonesian man as he points to a new season Dior bag on the glass counter of his cluttered stall, ...

Yogyakarta's new international airport and aerotropolis embody national aspirations, but at what cost to the locals it has displaced? Khidir M Prawirosusanto and Eliesta Handitya In August 2020, amid ...

Pramoedya depicts the lives of ordinary people during truly extraordinary times Barbara Hatley While other contributions to this edition discuss the remarkable achievement of Pramoedya’s novels ...

Even now, Indonesians find it difficult to face the traumatic events of the past Robert Cribb and Michele Ford In the course of little more than five months from late 1965 to early 1966, ...

Encountering Indonesia through the Buru Quartet Nathan Hollier In Max Lane’s penetrating work Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship there is a description from ...

Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and ...