The Writing about Shaharom Husain in the Berita Harian Newspaper (1959-1991)

Uqbah Iqbal

Sep 2015 · GRIN Verlag

About this ebook

Scientific Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Communications - Journalism, Journalism Professions, National University of Malaysia, language: English, abstract: According to Djamal Tukimin, part-time writers are incomplete to talk about the history of modern Malay drama without talking Shaharom Husain's works. Shaharom Husain is a writer of novels, dramas and biographies who was born on 4 November 1919 in Batu Pahat, Johor and in Singapore and Malaysia is well known for his historical novels and dramas. He is also the most famous historian figure in Johor and Tokoh Guru Negara in 1984 (the highest award for educators / teachers), had planned to make his house as a museum because he did not want history just become history.

About the author

Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, Dr. Uqbah Iqbal was the recipient of Research University Fellowship Scheme, MyBrain 15 (MyPhD) Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, Graduate on Time Award, Outstanding Student Award, the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the sole Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of the National University of Malaysia. He’s authoring 66 books/ebooks and his 294 articles appeared in international and national journals. He’s joining the editorial board of 85 journals. In the process, he became Chief Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor, International Advisory Board, Conference Organizer and Review Committee. He’s also a reviewer for 232 journals and 8 book publishing companies/book websites. Until now, he has published 460 publications as well as rate 1,399 submissions for WEBook and reviewed 1,475 manuscripts and articles for journals and conferences. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 15 of his reviewed books received Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards. Through his involvement in the academic world from 2016 - present, various organizations recognize his talent, among others are Valuable Author, Editor and Reviewer under Management Journals Category; one of the brilliant and most gifted minds of this century; World Champion candidate in Social Science & Humanities; recipient of Dr.h.c. of Humanity and Candidate for Interview of World’s 500 Most Influential People on Earth in 2018. Currently, there are 118 book companies around the world that are selling his books/ebooks.