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  • 2017

Selfie with the Prime Minister

  • Nor Arlene Tan and Grace Cho Hee Won
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  • 2017

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Resource contributed by: Nursyazwani Jamaludin

Nor Arlene Tan and Grace Cho Hee Won, Selfie with the Prime Minister, 2017, 22 min

“Ziaur Rahman, like any other millennials in Malaysia, loves to take selfie and is active on social media. However, he is no ordinary youth. He is a Rohingya refugee who grew up in a refugee camp and was trafficked seven times by human traffickers. In the quest for freedom of his people, he turns to activism. Despite having no rights as a refugee living in Malaysia, he finds an unlikely ally for his cause, the Prime Minister of Malaysia.”