Sun, 26 Aug 2001

Guess What? Nurul Arifin

Actress Nurul Arifin uses her extensive collection of condoms in all shapes and flavors to draw attention to her work as an ADIS and women's activist.

The student at the University of Indonesia's School of Political and Social Affairs says the condoms keep people interested in what she is saying.

"I use my condom collection when I am talking to people about sex because if I demonstrate how to use a condom they will not be bored, and also because there are so many married couples who know about condoms but have never seen any that come in different shapes and flavors," Nurul said when she launched her own website www.nurularifin.com on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old mother of Maura Magnalia Madyaratri and Melkior Mirari Manusakrtri said her website offered useful information about AIDS, drugs and gender issues.

After her journalist husband Mayong Suryo Laksono explained the website to the press, Nurul acknowledged the site still needed some improvement and lacked pictures, so she asked the journalists if they had any old photos of her she could use. (Sri Ramadani)