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List Of Malay People
This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world. This list also includes emigrant Malays and could be taken as a list of famous Malays. Activists * Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate * Beka Melayu, a Twitter' user whose promote Malay language purism. * Cakep Malayu, a Twitter's user whose promote Malay language purism. * #AlamBahasa12, a group of users of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram that promotes many language around the world. Astronomy * Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist who pioneered Malaysia's participation in Space exploration Astronauts * Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor The first Malaysian astronaut * Faiz Khaleed Business * Nasimuddin Amin founder, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malays (ethnic Group)
Malays ( ms, Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations — areas that are collectively known as the Malay world. These locations are today part of the countries of Malaysia, Indonesia (eastern and southern Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, western coastal Borneo (Kalimantan) and Riau Islands), southern part of Thailand ( Pattani, Satun, Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat), Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. There is considerable linguistic, cultural, artistic and social diversity among the many Malay subgroups, mainly due to hundreds of years of immigration and assimilation of various regional ethnicity and tribes within Maritime Southeast Asia. Historically, the Malay population is descended primarily from the earlier Malayic-speaking Austronesians and Austroasiatic tribes who founded several ancient maritime trading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Musa
Norman bin Musa (born 20 November 1974) is a Malaysian born chef, author, TV host, tutor, restaurateur and entrepreneur, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Born in Butterworth, Penang in Malaysia, he was the co-founder of Ning restaurant in Manchester and Executive Chef of Wah Nam Hong Restaurant in The Hague, The Netherlands and author of the Amazing Malaysian cookbook. Life, career and awards Norman Musa is a Malaysian Malay, raised by his parents in a kampung called Sungai Nyior in Butterworth. Following his secondary education, he earned a scholarship to study quantity surveying at the University of Portsmouth beginning in1994. After graduation in 1997, his first job as a quantity surveyor was in Bournemouth, Southern England before relocating to London in 1999. In 2003, he moved to Manchester where he continued to practice as a quantity surveyor. In 2006, Musa took a break as a quantity surveyor to plan, design, and develop a restaurant with his partner at the time. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria (Meria Aires)
Meria Aires (or popularly known as ''Maria'' or ''Meria Aires''; born February 16, 1989) is a Bruneian singer-songwriter. Biography She began her career in 2005 in a radio singing contest organized by Kristal FM in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam's birthday celebrations. Despite only winning Silver, ''Angan'' (an original song composed by her own uncle, Nan), was very well received by radio listeners at that time. Her music genre was new to the local during the time and her songs revolutionized the music industry in Brunei. Her ability to play musical instrument such as guitar made her a unique pop singer and interests several songwriters during the time of her early career. It is also notable that her voice and singing skill are one of her unique ability. The success of, ''Angan'', had encouraged her to try her luck in releasing her first official single, ''Bisik Hati'', in 2006 – a song that had changed her life instantly. She began performing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliff Aziz
Mohammad Aliff bin Aziz (born 16 February 1991) is a Singaporean singer and actor currently based in Malaysia. He is managed under Sony Music BMG Malaysia. In July 2007, he was crowned the winner of a reality TV singing competition, ''Anugerah'', making him the youngest winner (won the title at the age of 16) of the show/competition. In September of that same year, Aziz releases his first self-titled album with single "Cinta Arjuna'" (Tong Hua cover) with 300,000 copies sold around Southeast Asia. His first single, "Sayang Sayang" receives the most number of ringtone downloads (1 million) across Southeast Asia. Song was inspired by Sham Faisal who was told to have a very strong influence on the singer. Aliff currently had 4 albums: ''Aliff'' (2007), ''It's Aliff's Time'' (2010), ''Aliff Aziz'' (2012) and ''Rebirth'' (2016). Early life Born on 16 February 1991, Aliff was the eldest among three siblings. Aliff was born to a Malay family of mixed Arab heritage. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuna (singer)
Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai ( Jawi: يوناليس بنت مد ظراعي; born 14 November 1986), known professionally as Yuna, is a Malaysian singer. Her initial exposure came through the viral success of her music uploaded to Myspace, which received over one million plays. This online success alerted an indie-pop label/management company to her music, and in early 2011 she signed with the Fader Label. She is best known for her collaboration with Usher on her breakout single " Crush", which peaked at number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' Adult R&B chart. In 2010-2015, she is the 2nd Most Popular Female Singer in Malaysia which is Siti Nurhaliza at the first place and Stacy (singer) at the 3rd place. Born and raised in Kedah and Selangor, she began writing songs at age 14. She soon taught herself to play guitar, and by 2006, in need of a creative outlet while attending law school, performed for an audience for the first time. Yuna made her recorded debut album in Malaysia in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shila Amzah
Nurshahila binti Amir Amzah (born 13 August 1990) better known as Shila Amzah is a Malaysian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she began going to recording studios at the age of 4 with her father and recorded a pop studio album five years later. With the help of a famous Malaysian record producer, in 2005 Shila released her second pop studio album, ''Sha-Hila''. Her single "Patah Seribu" (2011) received Pop Song of the Year and Song of the Year at the 19th Malaysian Music Awards. She continued her singing career by breaking out to Shanghai, China and eventually won the ''Asian Wave''. As a result, Shila received the Kembara Award (International Music Breakthrough Award) from Malaysian Music Awards making Shila the youngest Kembara Award honoree. Afterwards, Shila continued her singing career in mandopop industry by breaking out to Hong Kong in 2015 by releasing some new singles, doing an international press conference and establishing her second record lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Isham
Ashley Isham (born Eshamuddin Ismail in Singapore in 1976) is a fashion designer. He is currently based in London. Ashley left Singapore in 1996 to take a pattern cutting course at the London College of Fashion, and was later accepted into Middlesex University afterwards. He set up his own label "Ashley Isham" in 2000. In 2001, he also opened a boutique called Acquaint, hoping to "promote fashion talent and support other young designers", quoted from his website. Following this, he opened his flagship boutique, Ashley, in 2005. In 2007, Ashley was awarded by Berita Harian ''BH'' (renamed on 2 July 2012; formerly known as ''Berita Harian'') is a Malay-language daily newspaper published in Malaysia owned by the New Straits Times Press. It was first published on 1 July 1957 as the first mainstream newspaper in M ..., the Top Achiever of the Year. References External linksAshley Isham's official website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Isham, Ashley 1976 births Singaporean fashion des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Aini Shariff
Nor Aini Shariff is a Malaysian Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regard ... fashion designer and founder of the JARUMAS label. References External linksJARUMAS’s Official Webpage Other linksCRAFT TRENDS IN ASEAN + 2016 {Dead link, date=April 2020 {{Authority control Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muid Latif
Abdul Muid bin Abdul Latif (24 February 1979 – 11 April 2020) was a Malaysian-based web designer, graphic designer and digital artist who is known for promoting the cultural elements of the Southeast Asia from Batik and Songket into his commercial works and artworks. Muid was the Project Lead for Creative Commons Malaysia who actively promote Free culture movement and open collaboration. Muid was one of the official Behance Ambassadors representing Malaysia and the author of 'Mekarnya Cinta Kata-kata dan Puisi' e-book, a part of initiative to help the Creative Commons movement in fostering Free content awareness and Going green campaign. Biography After obtaining a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University Technology Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in 2001, Muid worked at a few web agencies and design studios providing creative assistance for online campaigns, such as Maxis Hotlink, Petronas's Petrosains Discovery Centre, Toyota and Microsoft Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Fandey
Nur Maznah binti Ismail (1 January 1956 – 2 November 2001), better known as Mona Fandey, was a Malaysian pop singer and murderer. She was executed on 2 November 2001 at the age of 45, after being convicted of the murder of Batu Talam state assemblyman, Mazlan Idris in 1993. After she killed Mazlan Idris, she reportedly went on a shopping spree in Pahang right after withdrawing RM 300,000 (US$116,000 at the time) from a local bank. Trial and execution Mazlan was reported missing on 2 July 1993 after withdrawing RM 300,000 from a bank. After the murder, Mona was reported to have been on a shopping spree where she bought a Mercedes-Benz and had a facelift. It was alleged that the murder occurred between 10:00 PM and midnight on 18 July 1993 when Mona chopped his head off during a shamanistic ritual. On 22 July 1993, police found Mazlan's body; Mona, her husband Affandi and their assistant Juraimi were arrested and a highly publicised trial began. They were tried in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Najib Aris
Ahmad Najib bin Aris (1976 – 23 September 2016) was a Malaysian convicted murderer who in 2003 raped and killed Canny Ong, a US-based Malaysian information technology (IT) analyst. The crime made headlines across Malaysia. He was sentenced to death in 2005 after being found guilty in a highly reported trial, and throughout the next 11 years, he made multiple failed appeals against his sentence and was finally executed on 23 September 2016, more than 13 years after murdering Ong. Ahmad Najib was also alleged to have committed at least four charges of rape on four different women, but was not formally charged. Early life Ahmad Najib bin Aris was born and raised in Muar, Malaysia. His date of birth was sometime in 1976. Ahmad Najib was the second of four siblings in the family. Ahmad Najib studied up to his third year in secondary school (Form Three) before he dropped out without continuing his final two years of secondary school education (secondary school education in Malaysia l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Muin Yaacob
On 25 November 2016, at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, Singapore, during a heated argument, Ahmad Muin bin Yaacob, a 23-year-old Malaysian cleaner, killed his 54-year-old supervisor Maimunah binte Awang by stabbing her with a pair of grass cutters and bludgeoning her on the head repeatedly. He stole Maimunah's jewellery and abandoned her body in a drain before he fled back to his hometown in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia. He pawned some of the jewellery for money to afford his wedding expenses. Ahmad was arrested by the Royal Malaysia Police a month later on 18 December 2016, merely nine days after his marriage. Ahmad was extradited back to Singapore the next day to be charged with intentional murder. On 4 November 2020, Ahmad was found guilty of a lesser charge of murder (without an intention to kill) in his trial and he was sentenced to the minimum sentence of life imprisonment and eighteen strokes of the cane, after the prosecution agreed to not argue for the death penalty in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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