Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Senior Director of Special Initiatives at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington, D.C.,…
Author: Dr Ko Ko Gyi
Human Rights Activist for Religious Minorities, Ethnic Minorities, Mixed blooded people & Migrants.
A Myanmar Muslim Who Is “Proud To Be Myanmar”
ပစ်တိုင်း ထောင် Proud to be Myanmar Uncle, it was back in 2013, during President U Thein Sein’s administration. I wasn’t…
From Identity Politics to Citizenship Politics: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
A combined and updated version of my earlier post, “United We Stand, Divided We Lose,” first published in Burma Digest…
Hidden Nerves, Hidden Pain: A Doctor’s Journey Through Sciatica and Cluneal Nerve Entrapment
For centuries, the term sciatica has been used to describe radiating pain from the lower back down the leg. Ancient…
A poignant tale of heartbroken disillusionment, broken promises, and lost trust between close companions
Dost Dost Na Raha (from the 1964 classic Sangam, sung by Mukesh and composed by Shankar-Jaikishan) tells a poignant tale…
Reflections on Sacred Symbols and Images in the Bible (Voice of Unity)
References & Background Why is a bronze serpent used to save the Israelites in Numbers 21:8 This video explains the…
The Story: The Rice Grain Riddle At The King Mindon’s Court Caught Kin Wun Mingyi U Kaung
That childhood riddle about exponential growth—whether told through the story of the wealthy merchant’s clever daughter in the Kalay Journal…
The Palaung/Ta’ang: From a Forgotten Minority to a Major Political Force
Ta’ang National Liberation Army တအာင်း အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော် By Khiêm1 – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148851877 History, Struggle, Power and the…
On the rise of nationalist parties and declining birth rates resulting in Islamophobia
On the rise of nationalist parties and declining birth rates We can no longer ignore the rise of nationalist parties…
Not Like Rohingya Refugees, Other Myanmar Refugees Looks Like Malays And Chinese, so the Locals Wrongly Thought That Only Rohingyas Are In Malaysia
“Regarding the issue of influencers taking photos of Rohingya praying at a surau that is allegedly not under the Islamic…