Eddin Khoo

A passionate preserver of the Malay Culture, Eddin Khoo is a journalist with the Star and he has worked with many Malaysian artists on cultural traditions. His works include writings on the Malaysian artist and critic Ismail Zain, Intermediations: Selected Writings on Art, co-edited with the art historian T.K Sabapathy and a book on traditional Malay Wood Carving, The Spirit of Wood, co-authored with the historian Farish Noor, as well as a translation of poems into Malay, Sajak-Sajak by the American poet Christopher Merrill. Currently, he is the founder and assistant director of Pusaka, an NPO working for improving the traditional performance arts of Malaysia.