{"id":117998,"date":"2017-11-02T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T07:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=117998"},"modified":"2017-11-02T21:26:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T13:26:12","slug":"knowing-our-roots-as-malaysians-through-histfest17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=117998","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Our Roots as Malaysians through HISTFEST17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ammar Abdullah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>GOMBAK, 2 November 2017- <em>\u0153Di mana Bumi Dipijak, Di situ Langit Dijunjung\u009d<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211; the theme chosen\u00c2\u00a0for History Festival 2017 (HISTFEST17) as an aspiration for IIUM students to\u00c2\u00a0know our identity as Malaysians, which consists of many races.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by the Secretariat History and Civilisation IIUM (HISTFORIUM IIUM), it is the\u00c2\u00a0second\u00c2\u00a0HIST FEST, and was held for four days at HS Square, KIRKHS.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme has been selected by HISTFORIUM as the meaning of the proverb itself has deep implications for Malaysians, to inculcate the spirit of appreciation towards cultural values among IIUM students.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Programme Manager, Muhammad Zuhdi Farhan, it is important for students to discover their own surrounding and locality before learning more about other cultures outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153By organising this festival also we can\u00c2\u00a0encourage a harmonious multiracial atmosphere by getting to know the Malaysian culture and it is crucial for us to uphold this aspect as students and Malaysians,&#8221; he\u00c2\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Zuhdi added, \u0153History is a picture of who we are, and IIUM itself is a historical university in Malaysia and it is really interesting to discover them and as IIUM students we have to acknowledge our identity,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Various historical activities were conducted during this event. Among them being\u00c2\u00a0Ethnic Exhibition, Public Talk by Prof. Khoo Kay Kim, Batik Launching Day, Special Merdeka Exhibition and many more.<\/p>\n<p>HISTFEST17, held from 30 October until 2 November, was officiated by Head of the Department of History and Civilisation, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohd Helmi Mohd Sobri on Monday (30 October). ***<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118009 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22853315_1729251377108896_7800082633402038298_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118010 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22894340_1731545670212800_7455084752807426019_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118011 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23032414_1731545646879469_3069997933291985386_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ammar Abdullah GOMBAK, 2 November 2017- \u0153Di mana Bumi Dipijak, Di situ Langit Dijunjung\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211; the theme chosen\u00c2\u00a0for History Festival 2017 (HISTFEST17) as an&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117998"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118018,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117998\/revisions\/118018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}