Talks & Workshops

The cosmopolitan Malay World through the Mosques of Kampong Gelam as community heritage

by Singapura Stories
25 May • 10:00am

New findings on social and architectural histories of three mosques in Kampong Gelam: Masjid Sultan, Masjid Hajjah Fatimah, and Masjid Maarof Kampong Bahru, Clyde Street.

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Cosmopolitan histories through the Mosques and Muslim heritage of Kampong Gelam, the Malayo-Muslim Quarter of Singapore Past and Present
Programme Details
Date: Sat, 25 May
Time: 10am - 12pm
Venue: Auditorium @ Masjid Sultan (3 Muscat St Singapore 198833)
Price: Free

Singapura Stories Seminar 2025 no.4
The Cosmopolitan Malay World through the Mosques of Kampong Gelam as Community Heritage
Sat, 25 May, 10am - 12pm

This talk highlights the cosmopolitan histories of Kampong Gelam through its Muslim heritage in the form of its mosques, focusing on new findings on Masjid Sultan, Masjid Hajjah Fatimah, and Masjid Maarof Kampong Bahru, Clyde Street (expunged). Come and hear the stories about the diversity and rich histories of the Malay and Muslim communities of Singapore.
Singapura Stories
Singapura Stories is an independent collaborative platform begun in July 2012 focusing on the recovery and sharing of architectural and social histories with the associated cultural memory of buildings, neighbourhoods, settlements, and communities that are no longer extant. It is committed to public education and sharing of these place histories through seminars and forums. It has also facilitated public discussion of findings by independent researchers, with the aim of gathering like-minded individuals with shared interests in specific topics and encouraging documentation efforts by former residents of expunged places.




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