BANDA ACEH: More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday (Nov 30). The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea … Read more
Qurrata Ayuni owns what she claims is the only woman-run cafe in the capital of Indonesia’s most conservative province. The 28-year-old opened Morning Mama in 2023 to create a space that caters to women in Banda Aceh, known as the city of 1,001 coffee shops. She and her baristas provide an alternative to rowdy, smoke-filled … Read more
Beside me and this 2004 Boxing Day tsunami survivor, the massive Kapal Apung barge looms above what was once a neighbourhood in the city of Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s westernmost province, Aceh. The Kapal Apung barge in Banda Aceh is now a museum. Photo: Marco Ferrarese On that fateful day, waves more than … Read more
