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PROF. DR. AHMAD MURAD MOHD NOOR MERICAN

Professor

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILISATION (ISTAC)

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

Professor of social and intellectual history

Professor. Dato'. Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican is currently a professor at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, International Islamic University Malaysia. Prior, he was at the Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (ASWARA). He taught various aspects of journalism and the social sciences for three decades. He also founded the Institute of Journalism Studies at a public university in the Klang Valley. His other books include one on media history and the other on the history of journalism and communication study in Malaysia. His first book on journalism is titled The Journalist as Storyteller: Essays on the Scribe and His Times (2001more...

Doctor of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Malaya Master of Arts - Masters Degree, University of Minnesota Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor Degree, University of Minnesota Diploma in Mass Communication - Diploma, Institut Teknologi MARA

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  1. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) UiTM communication school merger, press freedom & expression: not merely academic. Apakhabartv.
  2. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Tanah Air: spirit, expression, geography. Apakhabartv.
  3. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad and Shamsudin, Romil (2024) Surat terbuka: Deklarasi Gombak berkaitan genosid. Apakhabartv.
  4. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Apa khabar? Teaching journalism, genocide and the need for a new charter. Apakhabartv.
  5. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2025) Majlis Media Malaysia harus berpaksi keadilan, jaminan iklim bersuara yang sihat. Malaysia Tribune, 28th February 2025.
  6. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Media Barat mekanisme genosid di Gaza. Bebas News.
  7. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Early ideas on reform and renewal through journalism in the Malay Archipelago: Hamka’s accounts in Ayahku (1950). In: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Renewal and Reform of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ICRITC’24), ISTAC-IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  8. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Early ideas on reform and renewal through journalism in the Malay Archipelago: Hamka’s accounts in Ayahku (1950). Al-Shajarah, Special Issue 2024. pp. 249-262. ISSN 1394-6870
  9. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Tanah air dan rantau berpisah tiada: merantau sebagai kategori sosiologi. Akademika: Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities, 94 (3). pp. 530-543. ISSN 0126-5008 E-ISSN 0126-8694
  10. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2022) Tanah Air: passing through the Malay Archipelago. ISTAC-IIUM Publications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-9379-68-6
  11. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Prosa terpinggir: esei dari 2004-2021. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-49-3799-7
  12. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) The Avatar of 1786: decolonizing the Penang story. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penerbit USM), Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-461-664-9
  13. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) 45 years after release of 'Orientalism', nothing much has changed. New Straits Times.
  14. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) The British Museum operates by plunder. New Straits Times.
  15. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Art in cultural diplomacy: the 'jiwa' between and among nations. New Straits Times.
  16. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Indonesia unmoved by expressions of remorse, apology by Dutch PM over its independence linked violence. New Straits Times.
  17. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Art in Islam: a conscious translation from world of ideas to language of form. New Straits Times.
  18. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Orwell's observations on anti-Semitism can help tackle Islamophobia. New Straits Times.
  19. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Not remembering the past but aiming for progress. New Straits Times.
  20. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) We've not done justice to Ibn Khaldun's 'Muqaddima'. New Straits Times.

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19The Jawi Peranakan: early popular expressions of Malay identity in the archipelago342
20Penjenamaan semula orang Melayu340
21Imej pemisah Melayu: Selatan Thai atau Utara Semenanjung Tanah Melayu?338
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27Ibrahim Yaacob writing against imperialism271
28Merentasi sejarah tiga negara: A Samad Ismail sebagai wartawan, cendekiawan awam dan negarawan270
29The consciousness of Turkiye in Malaysia Ottoman history in Malaysian secondary history textbooks (1989-2022)268
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