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    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches: a collection of inspirational quotes
    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches: a collection of inspirational quotes
    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches: a collection of inspirational quotes
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    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches: a collection of inspirational quotes

    By Salma Abdulatif

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    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches is a collection of inspiring and life-changing quotes that have been compiled in a style that is simple and compelling. The book takes you step by step to things that affect you and things that you can easily relate with from inspirational snippets and success to friendship, love, and life quotes that will leave you awestruck. The book has painted inspiration in a unique and creative way to make you realize some of the things you were not doing in a proactive approach or even the mistakes that you have done and the courage it takes to move past all that.

    Highlighting the essentiality of growth and paradigm shifts of the people from Mombasa, Kenya, and Africa in general, this book gives you the right quotes to boost your self-esteem and give you energy to look up to each new day with hope and faith.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMystery Publishers
    Release dateMay 6, 2017
    ISBN9781370948031
    A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches: a collection of inspirational quotes
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    Salma Abdulatif

    Salma Abdulatif was born in Malindi and raised in Mombasa, Kenya. She studies Marine Business Management at Moi University, Main Campus, and she is a Cohort – 15 graduate of the Young African Leadership Initiative, a programme initiated by former President of the United States, Barrack Obama. Apart from that, writing and poetry have been her forte all through her life. She also enjoys motivating youth and creating innovative solutions to complex problems which she does through her Community Based Organization, Motivational Talks for Youth (MTY).

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      A Painted Inspiration from the Palm-Fringed Beaches - Salma Abdulatif

      A Painted Inspiration

      from the

      Palm-Fringed Beaches

      A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

      by

      Salma Abdulatif

      With a foreword, by

      Gabriel Dinda, CEO and Founder Writers Guild, Kenya and Emmanuel Nandokha, instructor at Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)

      Copyright © 2017, Salma Abdulatif

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved.

      License Notes

      The right by Salma Abdulatif to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Copyright Act Cap. 130 laws of Kenya and the international copyright laws.

      Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is strictly forbidden without written permission from the author.

      Published by:

      Mystery Books, an imprint of

      Mystery Publishers (K) Ltd,

      P.O. BOX 18016 – 20100

      Nakuru, Kenya.

      www.mysterypublisherslimited.com

      ***

      CONTENTS

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      Foreword

      Word from the Author

      Acknowledgements

      Inspiration and Success

      Friendship, Love, and Life

      Conclusion

      ***

      TO MY CREATOR, for every blessing and test in my life.

      TO MY MOTHER, for your endless love and support.

      TO MY TWO GRANDMOTHERS, for your prayers and faith.

      TO MY FRIENDS, for your inspiration and motivation.

      TO THE YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (YALI), for making me find my purpose in life.

      TO MY COMMUNITY, for believing in me.

      ***

      ‘It is not the critic who counts, not

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