Dina Zaman, journalist/writer

28 March 2011, Email discussion with Helen Musa

I am a columnist and writer but I wouldn't say I'm a playwright. I
 dabbled in it once upon a time though... I only wrote one monologue
 and that was it!

I have never directed or acted!  I wrote one monologue titled
Penganggur Terhormat, which was about a hijab-ed young graduate who
couldn't find a job because she was covered. Normah Noordin directed
that. Sofea Jane was the actor who played the character. The monologue
was performed in 2004, 2005?

I have written one book on the experiences of Muslims in Malaysia
titled I Am Muslim.

That's about it, really.

http://www.kas.de/malaysia/en/events/25089/

"I Am Muslim" by Dina Zaman Book Launch

"Dina Zaman's articles about being a Muslim in Malaysia today capture the multifaceted aspects of difference and alterity in normative religious life better than many academic studies on the subject." Comment  from Dr. Farish A. Noor, Political Scientist and Historian of Political Islam, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

"Her writings have attempted to demystify Islam and shown the religion for what it is - a religion for all times that somehow over the past few years has been made complicated and in the process completely misunderstood." Says  Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, President of the Malaysian AIDS Council and Chairman of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation

see also Hookers, Hustlers and Holy Men:  Dina Zaman on Being A Malaysian Muslim Today Farish A. Noor

April 2, 2007