Gadis Kelantan yang membawa semangat kemerdekaan ke dunia
Jamal Ali Affendy Yusob mengenang ibunya, Jawahir Ali, yang membawa aspirasi sebuah negara ke pentas dunia sebelum Tanah Melayu mencapai kemerdekaan.
Jawahir Ali, a 16-year-old girl from Kelantan, brought the spirit of independence to the world when she traveled to the United States in December 1955 at the age of 16. At the time, her homeland of Malaya was not yet independent, but her generation understood the importance of freedom more than ever. Jawahir became one of the few representatives from Malaysia at the New York Herald Tribune High School Girls' Forum edition 10, alongside young delegates from the United Kingdom, Australia, Ethiopia, Japan, Guatemala and several other countries.
During her three-month stay in America, she experienced life, studied at a high school, and visited the White House before the exchange program ended. Her speech in an American television program later gained attention and went viral on social media. Her mother, Jawahir, joined a writing competition after winning an essay titled "The World We Want" in her school.
The essay, consisting of more than 1,500 words, earned her first place in her school and helped her win a place to represent Malaysia.
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