Akar is a magazine about the everyday stories and histories of Southeast Asia. ‘Akar’ is the Malay word for roots.

This issue explores what it means to move and to be moved — across time, space, worlds, and circumstances. Why do people move? What happens when you literally lose your ability to move?

In this issue:

• Journey: poems by Evannia C Handoyo, Nusratullah Karimi & Ripon Chowdhury
• Mekong, the mother of rivers
• In memory of Yasmin Binte Ahmad
• Vulgar Pasts and Cultural Chaos: rethinking Malay social history