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Zikri of Buku Jalanan

A MAT laid with books, a vacant spot in a public space and ideas aplenty. That’s all it takes to be part of Buku Jalanan, a movement to provide open-air libraries to the public.

Zikri Rahman, 25, became one of the movement’s early initiators when he and two other friends laid down a mat at the Shah Alam Lake Gardens in 2011 and invited passers-by to read their book collection – for free. Today, they are there every alternate Saturdays from 5pm to 7pm.