{"id":1957,"date":"2013-08-09T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T00:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:22:36","slug":"aiya-links-9-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2013\/08\/09\/aiya-links-9-august\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links: Idulfitri Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/34.101.188.30\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Making-ketupat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1959\" src=\"http:\/\/34.101.188.30\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Making-ketupat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>Kami di AIYA mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Idulfitri 2013\/1434H. Semoga perayaan Lebaran ini aman dan menyenangkan bagi Anda dan keluarga!<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s 200 million Muslims are celebrating the end of Ramadhan with the festival of <em>Eid al-Fitr, <\/em>known in Indonesia as Idulfitri or Lebaran.<em>\u00a0<\/em>We at AIYA would like to wish all of our Muslim friends and their families a safe and happy Hari Raya Idulfitri for 2013.<\/p>\n<h2>Idulfitri 2013<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">The tradition of gifting small envelopes of money during Lebaran creates a market for freshly-minted banknotes\u2014Indonesia&#8217;s central bank has prepared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/business\/bank-indonesia-prepares-rp-103t-in-ramadan-cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than Rp103 trillion (A$11 billion) worth of them to meet demand<\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">The\u00a0<em>Financial Times&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>Ben Bland (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@benjaminbland<\/a>) reports on how entrepreneurial Indonesians can make up to Rp1 million (A$107) a day <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ft.com\/beyond-brics\/2013\/08\/06\/indonesias-rupiah-at-a-premium\/#axzz2bQ9ZMuMh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reselling crisp new notes at a markup<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Other Ramadhan pastimes include breaking fast with family and friends at restaurants, and, of course, going shopping\u2014this\u00a0<em>FT\u00a0<\/em>article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/0fcf7eee-fb1a-11e2-a7aa-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2bKMgIQGC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains why Ramadhan is good news for Indonesia&#8217;s retail industry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The ABC&#8217;s Helen Brown (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hbrown10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@hbrown10<\/a>) reports on the gargantuan logistical challenge that is transporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2013-08-06\/indonesias-annual-holiday-exodus-begins\/4867324?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer702b5&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 30 million Indonesians back to their hometowns for Lebaran<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From the archives: a 2009\u00a0<i>New York Times\u00a0<\/i>story about how some wealthy Jakartans, unable to handle being at home while their servants are absent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/28\/world\/asia\/28jakarta.html?_r=2&amp;hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check in to luxury hotels for a Lebaran &#8216;staycation&#8217;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0In other news&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr and Shadow Minister Julie Bishop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lowyinstitute\/foreign-policy-debate-2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debated foreign policy at the Lowy Institute this week<\/a>. Lowy&#8217;s Dave McRae (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_davemcrae_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_DaveMcRae_<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinterpreter.org\/post\/2013\/08\/08\/Carr-and-Bishop-dodge-the-difficult-questions-on-Indonesia.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn&#8217;t too impressed by their discussion of Indonesia.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887323514404578651844213806344.html?KEYWORDS=indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Investors are souring on Indonesia as growth slows and a contentious election approaches.&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events and Jobs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><strong>Canberra, 14 August:\u00a0<\/strong>one of Indonesia&#8217;s foremost scholars of radical Islam and terrorism, Solahudin, will be in Canberra for the launch of the English edition of his book\u00a0<em>The Roots of Terrorism in Indonesia: from Darul Islam to Jema&#8217;ah Islamiyah.\u00a0<\/em>5:30 to 7:00pm, Hedley Bull Centre, ANU. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/events\/roots-terrorism-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register here before 5:00pm today.<\/a>\u00a0Not to be missed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sydney, 16 August:\u00a0<\/strong>Solahudin will also speak with the book&#8217;s translator, Dave McRae, at Gleebooks in Glebe, 6:00pm to 7:30pm. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/events\/roots-terrorism-indonesia-solahudin-conversation-dave-mcrae-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More details here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Two great new career opportunities are at the AIYA Job Board: openings for a <a title=\"Editor Southeast Asia at ABC International\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/job-board\/editor-southeast-asia-at-abc-international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southeast Asia Editor at the ABC<\/a> (Melbourne-based) and a <a title=\"Communications Intern at UNDP Indonesia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/blog\/communications-intern-at-undp-indonesia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communications Intern at the UNDP<\/a> (Jakarta-based.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kami di AIYA mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Idulfitri 2013\/1434H. 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