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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 (2025) Penggunaan bahasa Melayu dari sudut Melayu: diplomasi kancil, gerak harimau. Dewan Masyarakat, 63 (05/2025). pp. 57-59. ISSN 0419-0386
  2. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2025) Jenamakan media Melayu jika mahukan bahasa Melayu diperkasa. Bebas News.
  3. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2025) Mitos ciri berkecuali ilmu sosiologi telah memperkukuhkan kebiadapan genosid di Gaza. Bebas News.
  4. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2025) Sociology cannot be neutral when genocide stares us in the face. New Straits Times.
  5. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Menyimpan sejarah dalam bungkusan. CETERA: Jurnal Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Kedah (PSMCK), 4. pp. 11-22. ISSN 1394-0775
  6. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) UiTM communication school merger, press freedom & expression: not merely academic. Apakhabartv.
  7. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Tanah Air: spirit, expression, geography. Apakhabartv.
  8. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad and Shamsudin, Romil (2024) Surat terbuka: Deklarasi Gombak berkaitan genosid. Apakhabartv.
  9. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Apa khabar? Teaching journalism, genocide and the need for a new charter. Apakhabartv.
  10. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2025) Majlis Media Malaysia harus berpaksi keadilan, jaminan iklim bersuara yang sihat. Malaysia Tribune, 28th February 2025.
  11. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2024) Media Barat mekanisme genosid di Gaza. Bebas News.
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) 45 years after release of 'Orientalism', nothing much has changed. New Straits Times.
  19. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) The British Museum operates by plunder. New Straits Times.
  20. Mohd Noor Merican, Ahmad Murad (2023) Art in cultural diplomacy: the 'jiwa' between and among nations. New Straits Times.

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