Yasmin Ahmad redefines Malay womanhood through her filmsBy Mohani Niza
In 2004, Yasmin Ahmad, famous for her Petronas advertisements depicting multi-racialMalaysia released the movie
Sepet
(Slitty eyes), to much controversy and praise. It wona string of foreign film awards and a legion of fans local and abroad, but it was alsolambasted by certain quarters who felt that the movie threatened the moral fabric of Malay/Muslim life in Malaysia by showing its Malay female protagonist “betray” her
bangsa
(race) by falling in love with a
“kafir”
(infidel