Faiza Mardzoeki

Bittersweet Life In Jakarta

This article was published in The Jakarta Post, November 5, 2016 In the early morning of 16 September, 2016 I was heading to Terminal 3 atSoekarno Hatta airport in Tangerang: I was “going back to the village” after 25years in Jakarta. I had spent short periods in Sydney and Melbourne as wellas in our neighbour, […]

Indonesian Women Their Choices Destiny

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Indonesian women: Their choices, ‘destiny’”. Indonesia has now been independent for 71 years. What has been achieved, especially forwomen? The first thing to note is that there is no discrimination against women in the 1945Constitution, which refers to “all the people of Indonesia”. Since the first […]

Manipulation Kartini Symbol Must End

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Manipulation of Kartini symbol must end”. “I have thought a lot about what people say: Live happily! … People don’t want to see thenaked truth. They turn away revolted from reality …. Earlier today, we were so shaken andmoved by an example of the suffering in […]

Censorship in Paradise

There is no doubt that Bali is a beautiful place. Lush green rice terraces, created through the hard work of Balinese farmers, bordered by dense coconut palms and frangipani trees. Along the coast, this is supplemented by wonderful beaches and vast stretches of turquoise seas. Adding to the beauty, lays what Westerners see as a […]

Review Film Room

Room: Inside the Head of the Entrapped Room helps her learn about inner struggle and understand the depth, distance, darkness and coldness of being a survivor in a world still marked by violence and injustice. There are many horrible things that humans can experience in a world of war, disease and pestulance, miserable poverty, oppression […]