Songkok maker brings Jinnah cap back in style


GEORGE TOWN: Having seen his business impacted by the pandemic in the last two years, popular songkok maker Haja Mohideen Mohd Shariff (pic) is feeling upbeat that there’s light at the end of the tunnel this year.

For this Hari Raya, as the country moves towards the endemic phase of Covid-19, the 73-year-old is introducing the Jinnah cap, made popular by the late Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan and its first governor-general.

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