Reflections on the Bangsa Moro

Moro and Filipino Identity, Part 7 - Bagong Buwan

Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace Part 7 ©Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas MORO VIS-A-VIS FILIPINO IDENTITY FILM: BAGONG BUWAN (2001) Direction: Marilou Diaz-Abaya Screenplay: Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Ricky Lee, Jun Lana Actors: [...]

MORO AND FILIPINO IDENTITY Part 6

Below is the 6th installment of my paper Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace. With the current Christian Filipino uproar against the MILF and Moros in general, perhaps it would be wise to sit back and analyze why the Muslim (Moros) and Christian (Indios) natives of this country feel so [...]

MILF - GRP MOA: MEDIA BLITZ FUELS ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT

The detractors of the MILF-GRP agreement on Ancestral Domain led by the Ilaga Manny Pinol and his fellow Ilonggos Drilon and Roxas have succeeded in setting the agenda for the Media. With the media blitz against the MOA and the MILF, the great majority of the Christian populace has revealed their anti-Moro, anti-Muslim [...]

MORO AND FILIPINO IDENTITY Part 5 - Perlas ng Silangan

Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace Part 5 ©Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas MORO IDENTITY as SEEN BY CHRISTIAN FILIPINOS FILM: PERLAS NG SILANGAN (Pearl of the Orient) Producer: FPJ Director: Pablo Santiago Cast: Fernando Poe, Jr., Susan Roces, Vic [...]

Search for Filipino and Moro Identity Part 4: Film and Microhistory

Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace

Part 4

MICROHISTORY and FILM

Elsky (2000) analyzed Ben Jonson’s poem “To Sir Robert Wroth” in order to [...]

MORO AND FILIPINO IDENTITY Part 3

Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace Part 3 QUEST FOR FILIPINO IDENTITY THROUGH (MICRO-)HISTORIOGRAPHY The “faceless” Filipino, as Mr. Marcos put it, can be remedied through a proper reading of history. According to philosophical hermeneutics, “history is not separated [...]

Moroland in old world map

Below is the oldest world map which includes Moroland - Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan. The so-called Philippines or the islands of Luzon and Visayas have not yet been "discovered" by world mapmakers. A copy of this map can be found in the Malacanang Museum. In June 2000, my brother Jun Abbas, as part of the [...]

MILF - GRP AGREEMENT - QUESTS FOR IDENTITY PART 2

Microhistory: the tool for the Filipino quests for Identity and Peace PART 2 QUEST FOR PEACE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND – MOROLAND One-Nation One-History Syndrome The Sultanates of Sulu and [...]

MILF - GRP AGREEMENT - QUESTS FOR IDENTITY

While I support the GRP - MILF Agreement, I admit that it could be used by the present administration to manipulate the Constitution to its (specifically, the President’s) advantage. But I am very glad that the Agreement is based on International Principles like the ILO Convention No. 169 and other UN principles. Also, I like [...]

GRP - MILF AGREEMENT: AN END TO ALL AGREEMENTS

"Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let loose the dogs of war." Now [...]