Eijas enjoys writing about music, art, food, culture, history and politics. Even more so when any two of the aforementioned fields intersect.
Throughout his career, Eijas has co-written a chapter on Malaysian history, reviewed Malaysian music and art, interviewed popstars, written for global tech companies and reported on geopolitics in Southeast Asia.
He has also undertaken various personal passion projects. When he was a student, he co-founded (along with Shazni Hamim), edited and wrote for the influential-yet-short lived student politics blog, Sudut Kiri. In 2018, he co-wrote a zine with art collective Gerimis about an Orang Asli village in Pahang.
Eijas started his professional writing career in 2017 when joined Time Out KL. At Time Out KL, he was responsible for the ‘Music and Nightlife’ and ‘Arts and Culture’ sections of the physical magazine and the website. Apart from that, he also regularly wrote about food and other lifestyle topics for the magzine.
In 2018, Eijas joined The ASEAN Post. There, he researched, analysed and wrote on issues surrounding Southeast Asia. Among the topics that he has covered there include militarism in the South China Sea, renewable energy in Southeast Asia and infrastructure spending in the region.
Selected portfolio
The MICHELIN Guide Magazine (2024)
Jwala’s Chef Ramesh Thangaraj Carves His Own Path... [The MICHELIN Guide Magazine]
5 New Malaysian Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide that are Making Waves [The MICHELIN Guide Magazine]
The ASEAN Post (2018)
The problem with the repatriation of Rohingya refugees [The ASEAN Post]
Will the Belt and Road Initiative put the region in a debt trap? [The ASEAN Post]
Malaysia in transition [The ASEAN Post]
Keeping Facebook in check [The ASEAN Post]
Will hard-line Islamism influence Indonesia’s elections? [The ASEAN Post]
Time Out KL (2017)
What’s the deal with: Malaysia Design Archive [Time Out KL]
Behind the scenes at Good Vibes Festival [Time Out KL]
Interview: Mew [Time Out KL]
Interview: The Otherside Orchestra [Time Out KL]
Interview: Killeur Calculateur [Time Out KL]
ILHAM Contemporary Exhibition at ILHAM Gallery [Time Out KL]
What you need to know about: Bibi Chew Time Out KL]
New art spaces and galleries to check out [Time Out KL]
Introducing: Lurkgurl [Time Out KL]
Introducing: Jaggfuzzbeats [Time Out KL]
Introducing: HOAX Vision [Time Out KL]
Others
By the blind, for the blind [Malaysia.my]
2016: The Year in Malaysian Indie Electronic [Critics Republic]
Molotov Cocktail - 2014 [Google Doc]
Malays of the World, Disunite! [Sudut Kiri]