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Mariam Akabor
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Personal Information |
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Author Legal Name: |
Mariam Akabor |
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Year of Birth: |
1984 |
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Location of Birth: |
Durban, South Africa |
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Present Location of Author:
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South Africa |
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Education: |
BA, English and Media &
Communication
BA Hons, Creative Writing and
Media (Cum Laude)
Qualified Creative Writing
Mentor (using the right brain, by Felicity Keats) |
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Short
Biography |
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Mariam began
writing at a very young age. She is the author of five books,
the latest being a collection of short stories called Flat
9 (umSinsi Press, 2006), which has been approved as a
high school reader in one of the provinces in South Africa.
Whilst still in high school, she created and edited the
teenage writers newsletter, Ink-links, for high
schools in KwaZulu-Natal, which was endorsed by the KZN
Department of Education. Mariam writes using the right-brain
method that she has learnt from author/publisher Felicity
Keats. As an undergraduate, she was selected as one of the top
five creative writing students in her second year English
class. She has edited and wrote articles for the Islamic
newsletter at university.
Currently, she
edits the Dancing Pencils Club Magazine, a quarterly
creative writing magazine available to members of Dancing
Pencils Writing Clubs in and out of South Africa. She hopes to
complete a novel one day. Apart from writing, she loves
reading books and enjoys surfing the net and graphic design.
She has an interest in Islamic Mysticism and anything
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Themes and Styles of Writing |
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Themes:
More recently, stories about South African Indian Muslims
where culture sometimes takes precedence over Islam.
Genres:
Short Stories (Fiction) and novels/novellas, non-fiction:
articles, essays, interviews. |
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