In the first in a two-part series, Frontier’s senior correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu journeys across central Myanmar to study the history and legacy of the country’s long and complex relationship with Islam – and meet the many Muslims who are eschewing conservative strains of the religion.
In the war-torn western Myanmar state, small-scale distilleries are meeting a rising demand for cheap alcohol, but the spread of brewers is reducing profits while lack of regulation is sparking a health crisis.
BY Frontier
