A dance with history
Rasinah’s story, like her career as a masked dancer, was complex and larger than life
Australian law on Rote?
Australian maritime law is undermining the livelihoods of Pepela fishermen
A revolution in the making
Casual designs are not just revolutionising batik culture, they’re also giving batik workers new choices
Stories for today
A contemporary artist brings new life to a moribund Indonesian theatre genre
A rare view
Review: Barbara Hatley’s new book documents a career-long study of, and passion for, performance in Central Java
Reading Indonesia
Review: A new textbook invites readers to consider a broad concept of ‘Indonesia’
Empty promises
The Clean Development Mechanism has failed to deliver
Who owns the carbon?
Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention
In search of sustainable farming
Bali-based NGOs are an important part of Indonesia’s growing sustainable agriculture movement
Front stage with the PKS
At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party
On death row
Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia
Cannibis plants - Michael Wolf
Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces  
Praying across borders
Doctrinal borders that divide traditionalist and modernist Muslims in Banjarmasin are breaking down, but slowly
Review: From soil to God
Chris Wilson bares the dynamics of conflict behind the violence in North Maluku
Playing with the past
Critics say it’s just a fad but some young upper middle-class Indonesians are rediscovering forgotten histories
Supporting syariah, advancing women
The life and work of an Islamic teacher in Aceh shows that the struggle for gender equality is about much more than syariah.
Art for Allah’s sake
A unique pesantren, founded and led by an internationally recognised Indonesian calligrapher, attracts men and women from all over the archipelago