Our work is by Southeast Asians, for Southeast Asians. Everyone on our team is rooted in the region. We want to ​​empower Southeast Asians to collectively create a more democratic Southeast Asia.

Our stories are award-winning. The comics and features that we published have won international awards, including the prestigious SOPA Award.

We are fighting to protect our independence. We are not-for-profit, ad-free and non-partisan. Each of our members helps ensure our editorial independence.

We are a community and a movement. Our community has a direct line to us through our weekly newsletter, Weekly Naratif. Sign up today!

We explore creative new ways to amplify Southeast Asian voices. We work with visual artists, fiction writers, and creators of various multimedia formats to highlight crucial issues that directly affect our lives in the region. By becoming a member, you help foster a home for these creative, critical works.

We provide accessible information. Our team translates academic research into accessible formats and languages to help you understand complicated issues easily.

We empower Southeast Asians through our events. Through our events, we equip you with all the tools needed to make positive change in your community and become fully engaged, participatory citizens.

Our members support the movement. We offer sponsored memberships supported by our members so that no one gets left behind. If you would like a membership but can’t afford one, write to us at sponsorship[at]newnaratif[dot]com.

We are a small team looking to make big changes. Despite having a small team of people rooted in Southeast Asia, we have been able to make a big impact in the region.

Our stories explore perspectives that no one else will explore and publish. New Naratif shed light on stories and issues that governments don’t want to be reported.