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Malaysia (957 members)
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Capital: Kuala Lumpur - note: Putrajaya is referred to as the administrative capital Population: 24821286
Area: 329,750 km²
GDP: $308.8 billion (2006 est.)
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Languages: Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
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Shireen
Malaysia | 27
My grandmother who stood up to soldiers at war, my mother who worked from sunlight to starlight, my sister's commitment to our family, my brothers' hard work to make us happy. I am inspired by persistence in the face of pain, endurance in the face of poverty, courage in the face of adversity. I am humbled by the faces of children who struggle through unfair and inhumane circumstances. I learn... ( read more)
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Artwork from Kuala Lumpur
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Writing from Kuala Lumpur
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The Value of Life
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Shireen
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The product of our "Negative Individualism"
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Roul
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