Author: Isa Kamari

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• Isa Kamari (1)
  • IN: Rawa (2009) Fiction, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: They were the original people of the land, part of the history and culture of Singapore, and the land across that is part of the peninsula. Unlike other immigrants, they didn't care for power and property. Theirs was a life of love and peace, even if in the fringes, and in harmony with the sea and earth. Seeing the children of the Orang Seletar pick clams and sea-snails at the edge of the water, Yassir feels sorry at their fate. He feels that they need to be cared for, But questions arises in Yassir's mind. In truth, which land are they the people of? Who governs them? Yassir doesn't know. He becomes irritated and uncomfortable with these questions until he realises, "But, of course! They are the children of this earth too!"
    FROM: Satu Bumi, (1998), NULL, Singapore
• Chairil Anwar (1)
  • IN: 1819 (2011) Fiction, Singapore Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Nor will I know how high you are now, Over dust, over sadness.
    FROM: fron Nisan (Gravestone), (1942), NULL, NULL

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• Isa Kamari (1)
  • IN: Rawa (2009) Fiction, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: They were the original people of the land, part of the history and culture of Singapore, and the land across that is part of the peninsula. Unlike other immigrants, they didn't care for power and property. Theirs was a life of love and peace, even if in the fringes, and in harmony with the sea and earth. Seeing the children of the Orang Seletar pick clams and sea-snails at the edge of the water, Yassir feels sorry at their fate. He feels that they need to be cared for, But questions arises in Yassir's mind. In truth, which land are they the people of? Who governs them? Yassir doesn't know. He becomes irritated and uncomfortable with these questions until he realises, "But, of course! They are the children of this earth too!"
    FROM: Satu Bumi, (1998), NULL, Singapore