He is not even going to be a Member of Parliament but he wields authority, tells state leaders what to do and is the philosopher-prince of the opposition. Why are his former critics now seeking audience with him and what does Anwar Ibrahim have in store for Malaysia? Click here.

Some have greatness thrust upon them. Wan Azizah, the accidental politician, will lead the Opposition in Parliament. Is her appeal purely as a shadow of Anwar, or do people like him because of her? Click here for her story.

ANWAR IN AUDIENCE
In less than a month, Anwar Ibrahim’s ban from politics will be over. But the face of new Malaysia will be in no hurry to push aside a comrade from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, contest a by-election and take that place in Parliament as the opposition leader. He does not need to take that path. Read more...

DR WAN AZIZAH -- AN EVERYWOMAN TO MALAYSIANS
When Parliament sits in May, she will take her place as the Opposition Leader. Some achievement for the St Nicholas Convent schoolgirl who won a scholarship to read medicine at the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and later became known simply as Dr Wan as she made her rounds as an ophthalmologist at the Universiti Hospital. Read more...

NURUL IZZAH -- PRINCESS REFORMASI FINDS A COURT
Some people crave for titles, going to great lengths to get that Datukship. For a select few, titles are bestowed on them and it sticks for life. Nurul Izzah Anwar falls into the second category. When she was 17 years old and thrust into the political limelight, she was called Puteri Reformasi, the princess of a movement to find justice for her jailed father. Read more...