Annaliza Bakri is an educator and translator. She believes that literary works could be the subliminal voice that cultivates greater understanding, awareness and consciousness of the past, present and future. An ardent advocate of works that are beautifully penned in Singapore’s national language, she strongly believes in the divine art of translation, where shared heritage and mutual discovery promote humanity. Her translations of Malay poems have been published by US-based journal Prairie Schooner and Singapore’s Text in the City.