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The Deeper South
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/08/2017
» In the contemporary art created by Muslim women from Thailand's restive southern provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani, there is a depth that reaches out and speaks to the heart.
Era of the cowardly terrorist gains pace
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/05/2017
» Theresa May put it succinctly. The British prime minister called the bombers of our age "cowards". She's absolutely right.
A lesson from the deep south
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/02/2017
» Anubal Narathiwat is one of the largest primary schools in the provincial capital of Narathiwat, the southernmost province of Thailand, right on the Malaysian border. Every morning at 8am assembly, the 1,437 children in Years 1 to 6 line up in front of the flagpole and sing the national anthem.
The persistence of serenity
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/01/2016
» Last week your columnist reported from the safety of his luxurious room at the Avani Atrium Hotel on New Phetchaburi Road, Bangkok, where he lamented the decline of the area’s red-light district of a quarter of a century ago. Lamented? Hardly. But that is beside the point.
Lessons to be learned
B Magazine, Published on 25/01/2015
» The first time Somchit Wongketjai was nearly blown to pieces happened three years ago. She was returning home after a full day’s teaching at Ban Bue Jo Primary School, riding her motorbike, just as she had done every school day for the past 37 years.
The kids are alright
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/08/2014
» I have just half an hour to bash out this column so I am going to be quick.
Home away from home
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/07/2014
» It is the final week of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. During the day, one of Ramkhamhaeng’s busiest roads, Soi 53, is still devoid of activities. But come sunset, as the muezzin calls for evening prayer from the nearby mosque and announces the time of the fast-breaking meal, the soi comes alive and the air is filled with chatter and aroma of food and tea.
Breaking bread before breaking bad
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/02/2014
» I was part of an extraordinary event that took place last Monday in exactly the same spot a brutal murder was committed just 24 hours previous.
Festival of Healing
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2014
» The Narathiwat district of Rueso has a reputation _ undeserved, some would say _ for being a hotspot of insurgency. Home to some 60,000 people, it tends to be categorised by the security forces as "troublesome", lumped together with neighbouring districts like Bacho, Yi-ngo, Rangae and Si Sakhon as well as Raman and Bannang Sata in the adjoining province of Yala. All of these areas have become notorious over the past few decades as bases for armed separatists operating in the far South _ or have been labelled as such by outsiders.
Snapper's saga: A life spent caught up in the frame game
B Magazine, Kritini Upayokin, Published on 14/07/2013
» 'My life is like The Adventures of Tintin," says photojournalist Vinai Dithajohn. "My own version has been quite a ride. If I passed away tomorrow, I'd know that I had lived."