Who is bakri musa

Political Sciences, Political Education. Moving Malaysia Forward. Partager Imprimer. Malaysian-born M. Bakri Musa, a California surgeon, is a columnist for Malaysiakini. His commentary has also aired on National Public Radio's Marketplace.

This second volume follows the pattern of the first, Seeing Malaysia My Way, and carries the writer's commentaries from to , a look at Malaysia under the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. It is both reflective and prescriptive. Malaysia is generously blessed with many favorable attributes. Malaysia was well on her way to join the global mainstream when the economic crisis interrupted that trajectory. It is now time, the writer passionately pleads, to return to that path.

Yes there are sandbars and reefs, together with the inevitable storms and swells in the ocean of globalization. This calls for skillful navigators and sailors ready to trim the sails and batten the hatches. The alternative would be to remain in port, not an attractive option. The writer offers specific prescriptions on how best to meet those challenges, from enhanced health care to superior education system, and by exposing Malaysians to greater competition.

As Islam is a pervasive influence in Malaysia, the writer calls for an enlightened interpretation of the faith, one more in tune with its ideals of tolerance for diversity, reverence for learning, and a passion for trade.

The writer draws lessons from as far away as Argentina and as far back as the ancient Muslims, and from sociology to biology. The perspectives offered here are refreshing departures from the wisdom currently emanating from Kuala Lumpur. Seeing Malaysia my way : collection of personal essays by M. Bakri Musa Book 3 editions published between and in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.

Liberating the Malay mind by M. Bakri Musa Book 9 editions published between and in English and Malay and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Examines Malay culture through the prisms of history, psyche, and religion and details the steps necessary to forging an educated, dynamic and globally competitive Malayasia. Malaysia's wasted decade, by M. Bakri Musa Book 2 editions published between and in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The tragedy of state-owned Malaysia Airlines MAS Flight MH that disappeared without a trace over the South China Sea on March exposed to the world the gross incompetence and lackadaisical attitude of Malaysian officials, from senior ministers dismissive of pleas from victims' families to radar operators uncurious of strange intruding beeps on their screens.

Malaysians have long endured these; the surprise was that the world was surprised. These essays chronicle the continued erosion of Malaysia's once reliable institutions, the corrosion of its economy through endemic corruption and crony capitalism, and the polarization of its citizens along race, region and religion.

These are the crippling consequences of the toxic leadership of the triad of the vacuous Abdullah Badawi, rudderless Najib Razak, and the sclerotic ruling party, UMNO. Musa earned his medical and graduate degrees at the University of Alberta in Canada. Skip to: Skip to content Skip to navigation. All Southeast Asia Program Events. Speaker s M. Bakri Musra, Malaysiakini Malaysia Today. Topics: Culture.