The Standout Issue
This August, actor and content creator Timur Gabriel fronts our digital cover. On social media, she portrays the quintessential modern Malaysian, navigating our rich culture from the slang to the social graces — all through the art of comedy. We spend the day with Timur as she muses on growing up mixed-race, making her name in the West and proudly keeping her roots alive.
On the Cover: Timur Gabriel
Timur Gabriel graces the cover in her most effervescent self while standing out effortlessly on the streets of Chinatown. She is personified by both the cultures she grew up with and the ones she currently experiences. Here, Timur speaks all about the journey that has brought her to where she is at this very moment.
Read the cover story here
All About Timur
In Her Own Words
A Cultural Mosaic
"There’s a part of me that’s very Malaysian, but there’s the other part that’s quite Westernised. If you ask, ‘Where did it come from?’ I can’t answer that, you know? But I do also feel like it could be my childhood of Lizzie McGuire and Kim Possible and That’s So Raven. It could be that".
The Light That Travels
"Do as much good, be clear enough about your personal moral values and adjust yourself when you need to — and the confidence will keep coming and stabilise on its own. Make sure you have people around you to ground you because when I go over the edge and become too confident, someone will tell me".
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