Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria

Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria (born 22 June 1965) is an Indonesian lecturer and writer based in Brunei.

Early life

Zakaria was born on 22 June 1965 in Kelapapati, Bengkalis, as the four child and third son of the seven children of Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin (1913–2006), an ulama, and his second wife, Siti Zainab binti Kimpal (1935–2014), an actress. He has Malay descent and speak Coastal Malay dialect. His brothers were Zulkarnain (b. 1957) and Nukman Zakaria (b. 1960), whom both of them worked as a civil servant in agricultural department. While his sisters were Rinie Yuslina Fairuz (1964–2021) and Rita Puspa (b. 1967), both of them are civil servant, Nida Suryani (b. 1971), a science teacher, and Sri Purnama Zakaria (b. 1973), an English teacher. He had three half brothers from his father first marriage; Nashruddin (1934–1999), a civil servant, Azra'i.e. (1947–2019), a lecturer, and Syakrani Zakaria (b. 1952), a harbormaster, and four half sisters; Aminah (1938–2011), a school principal, Zaharah (1942–2007), a politician, Ulfah (b. 1943), a gynecologist, and Hanim Zakaria (b. 1950), a teacher. He earned his PhD from National University of Malaysia in 1999.

Personal life

Zakaria is resided in Brunei Darussalam. As of 2023, he had been resided there for 23 years.

Career

Zakaria started his career as an Islamic and Arabic literature lecturer at Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He focuses on research on youth development, modern Islamic education, and the professionalism of teaching staff. On 16 November 2023, he attended and helped organize the 1st International Conference and Social Sciences event which was held at the Aryaduta Hotel in Pekanbaru.

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