Just Enough: A Journey into Thailand's Troubled South

by Mira Lee Manickam

Overview

Just Enough travels inside the conflict zone of Thailand’s southernmost provinces and delves into traditional Malay Muslim culture. Mira Lee Manickam takes us into a small fishing village in troubled Pattani Province and gains privileged access to a side of Malay Muslim society rarely seen by outsiders. This is a personal journey of growth, loss, and friendship that reveals the colors of daily life beneath black and white newspaper headlines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9786162150548
Publisher:	Silkworm Books
Publication date:	06/27/2013
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mira Lee Manickam has conducted research on southern Thailand for ten years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Author note xiii

Shadows in the forest 1

Shaky starts 4

My path to Pattani 11

Soccer, anyone? 18

Wandering and wondering 31

Fishing lessons with Haji Salim and Kak Amina 36

The mysterious world of the wairun 45

Trying to keep an open mind 51

The horrors of Kru Se and Tak Bai 56

When music is a sin 62

The village singles' team 64

They were yours all along 70

The trouble with the tadika 80

Sex Pistols and sarongs: Late nights with the wairun 86

The cost of composure 92

Escape to the Pranang Peninsula 94

Losing my grandmother 106

Finding a place in Siti's backyard 109

The wonders of Phuket 114

The end of the World Cup and the start of conversation 118

Men, women, and the rules of engagement 124

Breaching barriers 128

Acts of affection 132

How to create a tinderbox 136

Love, marriage, and durian 140

The passing of a life, and the power of a ponoh 146

Inside the walls of Ponoh Pummiwittaya 154

"Why are you so brave?" 164

Homegrown hand-jive: Dike hulu on the beach 167

The problem with government schooling 178

Time to go home 184

Different shapes of happiness 188

Just enough 193

Notes 199