COMMENT | The land between the river and sea

COMMENT | The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) says the northeast monsoon will start in mid-November 2023.

Nevertheless, on our land in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, between the Pengkalan Datu River and the South China Sea, it has been windy and rainy all day. There are rain clouds in the distance and the rain is likely to continue all day.

Yes, it has been cool and pleasant today, although I suppose somewhere around the world, it must be the hottest day in existence. For others, in the Gaza Strip, all existence is gone.

Hatem Abu Zaydeh, my former PhD student, is in Gaza City, with his wife and five children.

“We are still alive”, he says.

He is a faculty member of the Islamic University of Gaza, which now lies in ruins. If you google the university, you will see that...