{"id":2083,"date":"2014-11-02T03:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T03:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=2083"},"modified":"2015-04-13T03:35:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T03:35:23","slug":"royal-education-award-winner-a-debater-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/november-2014\/royal-education-award-winner-a-debater-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Education Award Winner A Debater In Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Ftahun-2014%2Fnovember-2014%2Froyal-education-award-winner-a-debater-in-arabic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=2083&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\"><span class=\"createdate\">SUNDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2014 11:03<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/Nurul_Iman1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Shahfizal Musa<br \/>\nPix Pusat Komunikasi Korporat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 1 November 2014 &#8211; Nurul Iman Mohamad Anuar Kamal a recipient of the Royal Education Award at the 42<sup>nd<\/sup> National University of Malaysia (UKM) convocation today is an all rounder, excellent in her studies as well as community work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She is also a debater in Arabic, something which is not easily accomplished even by native Arabs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone who tries to study Arabic knows that it is not easy to master the language. So it is a feat for Nurul Iman who can argue and debate in Arabic all over Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurul Iman who is modest of her ability said it was nothing special as she got involved in debating to improve her spoken Arabic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you enter an Arabic debating competition you are forced to make your sentence in a very short time while it also helps you to strategies your arguments, she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The eldest daughter of three siblings did not come from a privileged background. Her father was a blacksmith and mother was a factory worker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said she saw how her father and mother had worked so hard to bring them up and give them education. Her only intention is to help her family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurul Iman said she called her father as soon as she was informed that she was chosen to receive the award remembering what her father had said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her father always reminded her that no matter how hard he work it was all worth it when he hears about his children\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her advice is to always give everything you have in any endeavour. You can\u2019t expect excellence to follow if you try to be smart and cut corners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurul said she was not an excellent student but just an average one before she came to UKM including when she was studying for her diploma in another University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Things change at UKM because she was given the opportunity to prove herself and she was given so much support by the university.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nurul said the turning point that made her determined to excel was what happened to her father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The place where her father worked was sold off leaving her father jobless. It was then that she became determined to be the best in whatever she does.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked how she balanced her time between studies, co curricular activities and community work, she said it was having a schedule and sticking to it. And there were times when she was stressed because there were so much to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She is inspired by her parents. Her father who lost his job is now turning that adversity into an opportunity and has become an entrepreneur. And her mother has become a mathematics teacher in a school in Sungai Petani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She modestly said her success is not just because of her hard work but mainly due her parents\u2019 prayers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/Nurul_Iman2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUNDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2014 11:03 By Shahfizal Musa Pix Pusat Komunikasi Korporat BANGI, 1 November 2014 &#8211; Nurul Iman Mohamad<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/november-2014\/royal-education-award-winner-a-debater-in-arabic\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2085,"parent":1156,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2083","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2087,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2083\/revisions\/2087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}