History Grows in Our Kampung, Notes From Aceh, Tsunami Hot Zone
Author: Mardiyah Chamim

ACEH, ‘Serambi Makkah’, ‘Mecca’s Front Verandah’, December 26, 2004. Offshore, the rolling earth heaves its chest enormously and a tidal wave, a tsunami, rips across the Indian Ocean and bears down massively on the unsuspecting province, careers onwards towards Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Somalia, bringing with it devastation and destruction. Te