BBC World Service interviewed Marina Mahathir on The Interview program. The mp3 version is available at 10.3 MB. And if you like Real Audio format, you can stream it directly from BBC servers farm (for a limited time).
No synopsis for the interview. But, I’ll add a comment, the interview does reveal where Marina is coming from.
Updates : I didn’t have time to think through this post before releasing into the wild. Therefore the need of adding links :
Thanks cc for the mp3 link.
I heard it and like you said it is revealing esp. the way the BBC interviewer frame some of the questions, both personal & political.
I’m also thinking, now that her dad is no more in power (more so he is decidedly out of favour within UMNO itself) the way she rattles off might just unravel more unpleasant controversies.
I won’t be surprised if she comes under intense fire by the conservatives soon.
With due respect to Datuk Marina’s good work amongst the HIV/AIDS victims, I think she has done a disservice to the nation when she wrote the article in STAR, on the International Women’s Day 2006. The comparison done between the 2 groups of women is most inappropriate given our national scenes.I cannot agree with the employment of the word ‘aparthied’. Who is the power that be who has made so many decisions for the muslim women? Marina’s article seems to suggest two things- One, that something has to be done. The question is what? To whom? The nonmuslim women? Two, if there has been no one to make comparison with, would there still be the ‘aparthied’ she suggested. There was not sign of rejoicing in her article that we do have women who enjoy the fruits of a civil society. I would have expected her to be more thoughtful and responsible considering the public platform she has gotten. Her article has not contributed to the muhibbah that we have struggle for. Living in the times of debates on Islam and the constant connection drawn between Islam and terrorism, one would question even more her sense of responsibility towards the global society.
The interview certainly reveals where she comes from. It has provided me a filter to what she has said and written.