Hidayah Amin, fondly known to family members as Cik Idah, was born and grew up in Gedung Kuning. She is the creator, researcher and webmaster of www.gedungkuning.com.
Hidayah was educated at the National University of Singapore, Sciences-Po Paris and Lehigh University, USA where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She was also a recipient of the Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation's International Teacher Education Scholarship as well as the Tan Kah Kee Postgraduate Scholarship 2006. She interned pro-bono at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City for 6 months after her graduate studies. She was also the first Malay Girl Guide to receive the President's Guide Award.
Hidayah travels widely and adventurously, from the hamlets of Morocco to the Everest region. She spends her time doing community and humanitarian work and pursuing her latest goals. God willing, she hopes to set up the Gedung Kuning Foundation that will administer the Hidayah Amin & Nusantara Scholarships as well as the Asia Jofrie Free Clinic.
Hidayah has been described as eloquent, intelligent and spirited by the folks at the National Library Singapore where she launched her book "Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood".
She will be pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in October 2010.
"There is no mountain too high: Just Climb" - Hidayah Amin
Website Dedication:
In loving memory of my great-grandfather,
Haji Yusoff bin Haji Mohamed Noor
and the kind people who lived in Gedung Kuning.
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