This year s ramadan is special for television personality mat dan an englishman who speaks the terengganu dialect fluently as it is his first ramadan spent as a husband.
Englishman mat dan.
Every shop every meal every road crossed you hear an echo of shouts hey mat dan mat dan which would almost always end with.
Englishman mat dan awarded malaysian pr by zahid tuesday 27 feb 2018 09 06 am myt datuk seri ahmad zahid hamidi announces the approval of daniel tyler s malaysian permanent resident status at the opening of the terengganu expo 2018 in kuala nerus february 26 2018.
But when a student from kuala lumpur secretly filmed dan speaking terengganu the video clocked up hundreds of thousands of views across malaysia on youtube.
It s not the usual path for an englishman born daniel tyler.
Mat dan born daniel tyler 18 october 1989 also known by his muslim name mohammad kareef daniel abdullah is an english traveller and host has been living in malaysia since 2009.
A buzz had already started to build around dan in terengganu state as word spread of a young englishman who had embraced the local language and way of life.
This year s ramadan is special for television personality mat dan an englishman who speaks the terengganu dialect fluently as it is his first ramadan as a husband.
Having lived in malaysia for five years is enough to turn daniel tyler or mat dan as he is known here into a.
Englishman mat dan goes native in terengganu nation saturday 23 may 2015.
He first settled in malaysia after his adventures to kapas island he is known for his eloquence speaking terengganu dialect pretty well.
The englishman who captured the hearts of malaysians with his mastery of bahasa melayu.
Some know him as muhammad kareef daniel abdullah while most people know him simply as mat dan.
He is also better known in television about his adventures with his friends.
Englishman mat dan goes native in terengganu.
Whether it s starring in his own primetime travel programme hosting his breakfast radio show or appearing on billboards advertising tours to mecca mat dan is big news in malaysia reported bbc.
The star asia news network.