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Natrah adalah kisah cinta dua insan yang agung dan menyatu dengan kisah bangsa Melayu dengan agamanya hingga mencetuskan rusuhan tragis di Singapura. Natrah juga menggambarkan perpaduan umat Islam di seluruh Tanah Melayu. Menyelami kisah Natrah yang ditulis Fatini Yaacob ini cukup tragis kerana dalam perjalanan hidupnya, ia melalui getir dalam perebutan hak penjagaan, konflik dalam isu agama malah isunya dimainkan sehingga kesejagatan antarabangsa. Hanya Natrah yang dapat mengetahui isi hatinya, cuba membawa jauh pergi perasaan tersemat di hati sehingga menjadi kenangan untuk dihayati.

This is the biography of Natrah: a Dutch girl who was fostered and raised by a Malay woman. Her true story shook the world in 1950 for – unintentionally on her part – her case awakened the Malays to rise up and demonstrate; to defend Islam and to liberate themselves from the colonials.

A court decision forced her to return to the Netherlands. She became traumatized for the rest of her life after being immersed in Western culture, while her being was ingrained with the East. She was then made to become a child again when, in fact, she was already joined in marriage. She was eventually married three times, yet continued to hold the memory of Mansor Adabi close to her heart.

She entered adulthood in a state of confusion; her emotionally-damaging experiences made her wary of religion, the Malays and the issue of the riots up to the end of her life in 2009. She clung only to love to the extent her last wishes were that her body should not be buried, for fear that it would be claimed by many.

p/s   Berbaliklah kita kepada Yang Maha Esa. Dia menunggu kita dengan penuh kasih sayang. Saya percaya bahawa jika kita berikan hati yang luka parah itu kepada manusia, kebanyakan manusia akan menghancurkannya. Justeru berikanlah hati itu kepada Allah swt. Dia pasti akan mengubatinya