He is an art director, illustrator, digital painter, concept artist and colour art specialist. How horror stories gave this 11yearold the courage to. A total of 161 films will be shown during the festival from 10 19 october, with 80 independent feature. Once he had completed the story, in which the lead character.
I am flabbergasted that this was published by a publishing company and yet it still had so many. What it takes to write about mental disorders at 10 years. Kieno kammies speaks to amr salie, is releasing his second book twelveyearold maccassar resident, amr salie, talks about publishing his second book and why he also loves developing computer. Amr salie 11 from macassar launched his first short book, blameless, at lansdowne library on saturday 28 october.
The anc government needs to audit these colonial white schools. Its a thriller that deals with topics such as the influence of the mind and how easily we can be deceived. Power 2019 certified customer service program recognition is based on successful completion of an evaluation and exceeding a customer satisfaction benchmark through a survey of recent servicing interactions. Ct boy 11 publishes his first book amr salie is an 11yearold boy from macassar in cape town. Salie describes the book as a thriller, and is based on a character whose mind is being controlled. Peoples post lansdowne 20170926 by peoples post issuu. Dti dar alturath alislami, cape town video january 24. Blameless kindle edition by salie, amr, tshienda, haroldene, tshienda, haroldene. View haroldene tshiendas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Amr salie, the young author of newly published book blameless, has been homeschooled for a long time due to medical conditions.
He couldnt understand many of the words at the time, but he got the gist of the stor. Young author amr salie 11 speaks of his love for writing. Young amr himself was inspired by rl stines popular goosebumps childrens horror series and spent a year writing his first book blameless, based on a dream that his imagination conjured up while he slept. Young author 11 busy with second book, better sight news24.
Mitchells plain hosting cape flats book festival ahead of. Each of our students has a special story about why they find themselves on the path theyre on. One of the worlds youngest script and book writers, amr salie, completed his second book at the young age of 12 yearsold also attended the auspicious evening. Posted on 11162018 please join us for the launch of amr salie s new book. E maepa from the nsla spoke of the main purpose of the day, which is to instill a love for books and reading across all communities and that we, along with another 100 hundred countries across the world. Boy, 11, who has a passion for reading and writing. Peter francois god, country and telepathy america is blameless at author greater new york city area 62 connections. An 11yearold writer had a packed audience for his book signing at the lansdowne library on saturday last week. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blameless. Peter francois god, country and telepathy america is. Needless to say, this only heightened the young boys curiosity.
The daily vox spoke to maryam salie, mother and manager of a yearold published author and game developer, amr salie, who shared. As told to ethekwini municipality held its third articulate africa book and art fair, the flagship literary and art fair for parks recreation and culture unit that usually bring together highly acclaimed authors. Not the norm the everyday the stereotype the standard grade of life as per protocol and etiquette. At only years of age, amr salie has already published two books and is releasing a third which he collaborated with yusuf daniels author of living coloured. Peoples post lansdowne 20180 by peoples post issuu. Amr salie reads from his first book, blameless during. At a mere 12 years, amr salie has just completed his second book and is already toying with ideas for his next one a feat that not many adults can match. Amr s first book, blameless, was printed as a surprise for him for his birthday last year.
Commentary on the quest for virtuous character imam al. Please join us for the launch of amr salies new book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Amr has some visual challenges but has improved drastically with. Amr sallie is homeschooled and released his first book, blameless. He now specialises in comic book art and sequential story telling. Blameless is about a character who goes through this mental disease and about how he deals with the things in his mind, he says. Hes described it as a thriller, based on a character whose mind is being controlled. The young salie spoke to capetalks kieno kammies about what motivated him to start.
That early thrill culminated in salie writing and publishing his own book at the age of 11. Amr salie wo mu gihugu cya afurika yepfo ku myaka ye 11 yamavuko gusa kuri ubu ni musomyi akaba numwanditsi wibitabo aho kuri ubu amaze kwandika ibitabo bibiri bishobora no kuboneka kuri interineti. An 11yearold boy from macassar in cape town, amr salie recently published his very first book titled blameless. Salie says his mother encouraged him to write a book and if it wasnt for her he wouldnt have realised this talent. A literacy advocate,keynote speaker an avid reader and tech lover. There is still time to enrole at dti, come and speak to our teachers, staff and students to learn more. Youth urges kzn dbe to release its scholar transport policy.
Inspired in particular by rl stines goosebumps series, salie spent a year writing blameless based on a dream he had. Dar member of the national society daughters of the american revolution. Maryam salie 3 years ago this is very very great amr you are so young and talented so i pray that only the best things in life comes your way little man. The boy recently published his very first book titled blameless. Cape town mitchells plain will host the first cape flats book festival at west end primary school in lentegeur next month leading up to national book week.
Let me tell you the story of amr salie, a12year old boy from macasser who authored two books, and is completing a third. Minister angie motshekga, please dont call us to celebrate failure again. He has just completed his second book of 10 chapters on his 12th birthday. The 11yearold homeschooled boy from macassar has just released his first book titled blameless. Amr salie s older brother warned him not to touch his horror stories. Amr is from a family whose parents provide him with an enriching, supportive islamic upbringing.
Hes worked on and helped develop some of the top comic books in the country, such as south africas favourite super hero comic, kwezi. Home book launch please join us for the launch of amr salie s new book. I love to talk i love to talk is the true confession from a council lorlocal out athlonelibrary way for the museum of childhoods exhibition and story writing competition the museum of childhood those two words close together in the same line oxymoronlike like honest politician and service delivery i love to talk others do too observing the state of our rainbow lives specifically. Maryam manuelsalie manager of amr salie 12 year old. Do not miss out on the daily rawha everyday after asr free course commentary by shaykh abdurragmaan khan on the book the quest for virtuous character. Amr salie reads from his first book, blameless during the launch at the lansdowne library. A book launch is had amr salie s blameless a thriller it is said by he who has read the hardy boys dr seuss and goosebumps too. Spreading the love for reading western cape government. Necklace of pearls the mawlid of our liegelady fatima alzahra. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Amr salie, an 11yearold boy from macassar in cape town, has published his very first book titled blameless and is encouraging young people to read more. Amr salie is an 11yearold boy from macassar in cape town. Power for providing an outstanding customer service experience for phone support. Salie hadnt even started school yet, and the books would be too scary for him.
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