According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Sarawak is one of the poorest states, which has worsened due to the pandemic. Women in Sarawak living in poverty often lack the resources needed to live empowered lives. This month’s Global Sadaqah campaign is...

Having missed out on a full Raya experience for two years, it can be tempting to go all out with your Raya celebrations this year. With open houses to plan for and festive sales everywhere, you can easily get carried away with overspending. Before you go full speed...

I am bullish about gold – primarily because I believe in the three following factors: the continued growing prosperity of the people in large emerging nations like Indonesia, India and China – especially as those who emerge from below the poverty line will inevitably...

Giving children the best start in life is what we all want as parents but for some families, achieving this is much harder. Having a child with chronic illness can be life-changing and handling the medical, financial and emotional needs is overwhelming. This month,...

It feels tasteless to give an update on my view on gold in light of the war in Ukraine. But here goes Earlier in the year, I wrote that the outlook on gold was dependent on three elements. If you think that The ongoing bottlenecks in the global supply chain will be...

Did you know that energy consumption in mosques are high? And with climate change and global warming on the rise, it is now more imperative than ever to take greener steps to protect our home planet. This month, our friends at Global Sadaqah are helping raise funds to...

For a long time now, I have felt that the US equity market along with many other investments were being driven upwards by cheap money  from the world’s central banks rather than by their underlying fundamentals. And that this madness induced by policy makers could not...

The aftermath of the December floods continues, despite ongoing recovery initiatives many Malaysians and refugees still need our help. United Arakan Institute Malaysia, a non-profit learning centre that provides education for displaced Rohingya children, was hit by...