Anthropology students create zine to record 'footsteps of civilisation and culture'

The colourful art spread by Tia, called The Leaf.

It was a fateful meeting between Sara Salimi and Tia Najya Effendee, both of whom, as it would turn out, had a yearning for self-publishing. Sara, the senior among the two, had just been elected president of the anthropological society at Universiti Malaya (Ansos) and in her new role, she wanted more engagement with other Ansos students.

“It’s a funny story because in my first year I was always trying to skip the programmes organised by the society. I came up with excuses not to get involved,” she said, with a laugh. “But I was approached when it was time to vote in a new club committee and I was like, ‘Okay, why not’. I didn’t expect to win, though.