Celebrating love and diversity

One love, one heart: Mahfuzah (right) with friends (from left) Genovevesim, Yeoh Chin Tatt, 40, N. Senthilathipan, 38, Muhammad Muzzammil, Thaarani and Edreena on the eve of Hari Raya at her house in Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: For Mahfuzah Jalaludin, Hari Raya is a time to strengthen friendship.

The 37-year-old civil servant invited her multiracial friends to her house to prepare for the celebration. Besides helping her with new curtains, her friends also decorated the house with stars and diamond-shaped ketupat.