Emha Ainun Najib, best known as Cak Nun, is a prominent writer, humanist, "dai" or "ulama", and a preacher. Despite his profound concerns on social, political, cultural and religious issues, he expresses them in simple language and accordingly, is explicable to the lower-class society. He named it "Maiyah", or "Maiyahan" as a forum to articulate and convey his views. It is a medium to critically discuss various social, cultural, political, or religious issues. As a medium of da'wah (tabligh),

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... can be classified as non-formal education based on educational perspective. Supported by his populist style, and exceptional literary and rhetorical ability, he evokes the critical reason of his congregation and promotes a sociable and understandable tabligh. In contrast to the design of formal education, non-formal education has no time-constraint and the materials are miscellaneous. Unlike general tabligh, which is commonly a one-way communication and normative, Maiyah discusses actual issues in dialogic forum. It is closer to critical education model which aims to construct participants' critical awareness towards a transformation of social structure. Abstrak-Emha Ainun Najib (Cak Nun) adalah seorang sastrawan, budayawan, sekaligus "dai" atau "ulama", juga pendakwah. Pemikirannya tentang masalah-masalah sosial, politik, budaya, dan agama sangat mendalam, tetapi cara pengungkapannya dengan bahasa rakyat jelata mudah dipahami kalangan bawah."Maiyah", atau "Maiyahan" merupakan forum untuk mengartikulasikan pemikirannya kepada jamaahnya. Maiyah menjadi wahana untuk membincangkan berbagai persoalan sosial, budaya, politik, ataupun agama secara kritis. Maiyah menjadi media dakwah (tabligh) Cak Nun, yang dari perspektif pendidikan merupakan bagian dari pendidikan non-formal. Dengan gayanya yang merakyat, didukung dengan kemampuan sastra dan retorika yang menggugah nalar kritis jamaah, tabligh menjadi