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What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 12/11/2016
» 1. After Magnum Photo legends Jacob Aue Sobol and David Alan Harvey visited Thailand a few weeks ago, another huge name has arrived in the country to exhibit his world-renowned works. From Nov 14 to March 14 next year, a newly opened photo centre, House of Lucie, will be presenting "A Lifetime Of Work" by Steve McCurry. McCurry is known for his stunning portraits and coverage of civil conflicts across Asia, with his most iconic work being the 1984 portrait Afghan Girl, printed as the cover of National Geographic one year later. House of Lucie is located at No.1 Ekamai 8.
The purveyors of Islam
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/06/2015
» At the age of 12, after finishing Prathom 6, Shakireen Malilee left normal education to study to become a hafiz. Originally from Prachuap Khiri Khan, he moved to an Islamic boarding school in Min Buri, a Bangkok suburb, and devoted himself to the ancient art of memorising the Koran. Every day for eight hours, Shakireen recited from Islamic holy scripture and committed each word, each verse, each page, each chapter into his young brain. After four years, he had memorises the entire book, roughly equivalent of memorising every single word of a 500-page tome. At 16, he achieved the rare honour of being called a hafiz.