{"id":1509,"date":"2017-11-20T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epenaupsi.com\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2017-11-20T08:43:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:43:33","slug":"six-celebrities-amongst-those-honoured-with-a-degree-and-diploma-from-upsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/2017\/11\/20\/six-celebrities-amongst-those-honoured-with-a-degree-and-diploma-from-upsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Celebrities Amongst Those Honoured with a Degree and Diploma from UPSI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UPSI, 24 October<\/strong> – Six of the region\u2019s most famous celebrities received a diploma and degree from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in conjunction with the 19th<\/sup> Convocation Ceremony which was held at the Tuanku Canselor Hall recently.<\/p>\n

Habiburahman El Shirazy, a novelist best known for his magnum opus \u201cAyat-Ayat Cinta\u201d received a Master\u2019s Degree in Researching during the first session of the ceremony.He is also known as a filmmaker, evangelist, poet, literary, the head of a religious school and public speaker. His works are a subject of intrigue in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei , Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, and the Muslim community in the United States of America.<\/p>\n

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Famous lyricist,\u00a0 Hairul Anuar Harun also received his degree during the first session which was officiated by Her Royal Highness, The Queen of Perak Darul Ridzuan, Tuanku Zara Salim, who also serves as the Chancellor of UPSI. The Pulau Pinang born, Kuala Kurau, Perak raised lyricist first garnered attention and acclaim after selling his first composition, \u201cAwallah Dondang\u201d which was sung by Noraniza Idris.<\/p>\n

African native, Kaiho Rikambura, received his Master\u2019s Degree in Education (Information Technology) with Honours, during the second session. He was propelled into mainstream popularity after his videos became viral hits both on Youtube and social media. Apart from being fluent in Malay, he is able to converse in six different languages which included English, Indonesian, Mandarin and two dialects from his native Afrikaans.<\/p>\n

Nur Khairunnisya Zulfakar may not have been a household name just yet but she already had cameo appearances in a multitude of popular dramas such as \u201cTuan Ihsan\u201d (Ep:18) as a child labour specialist based in Dubai, \u201cSuri Hati Mr. Pilot\u201d (Ep:18) as Warda\u2019s (a role played by Neelofa) Neighbour, \u201cDiari Cinta Kita\u201d (Ep:20) as the fourth suitor, \u201cGF Aku Amnesia\u201d as a psychiatrist and \u201cHati Perempuan\u201d (Ep 14) as Tengku Zarif\u2019s friend. She is awarded with a Master\u2019s Degree in Education (Coaching Sciences) during the fifth session.<\/p>\n

Also attending the ceremony are Mohamad Rozaimi Rosli also known as Along Mentor and Masrazman Md Mahayuddin, the finalist for \u201cHero Remaja\u201d. They both received a Diploma in Music during the third session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPSI, 24 October – Six of the region\u2019s most famous celebrities received a diploma and degree from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in conjunction with the 19th Convocation Ceremony which was held at the Tuanku Canselor Hall recently. Habiburahman El Shirazy, a novelist best known for his magnum opus \u201cAyat-Ayat Cinta\u201d received a Master\u2019s Degree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}