Go Sanaa’!
April 02, 2008 | 25 Rabbi al-Awwal 1429
I received an email from a very close friend of mine, one who is like a brother to me. He lives in Michigan and I met him shortly after my shahadah. I got to know his family and specifically his children. But when I moved away from Michigan about seven years ago or so, they were “locked in amber”, as it were, in my mind. But I felt so overjoyed when I saw the excerpt below, in an email newsletter about his daughter, Sanaa’. She’s turned out to be quite the young and talented writer, ma sha’ Allah. It’s amazing what seven years can do!
Sanaa!
Congratulations to Sanaa, an 826michigan student writer! Her first body of work, Axolotl, is on sale at Vault of Midnight in Ann Arbor. Sanaa has been working on her story and artwork for over a year and has created amazingly interesting and vivid characters.
When Sanaa walked into 826michigan last fall, little did we know what talent we were about to work with! Her ambition to create a unique, smart, and humorous story blew us away, as did her focus! And, over the course of five months, we saw Sanaa’s confidence as a graphic writer grow immensely. In fact, she was the one who inquired about finding ways to become published at the age of thirteen! We set up a meeting with Curtis, one of the owners of Vault of Midnight, and she went into the meeting like a true professional. Curtis encouraged her to bind her writing and artwork and leave them at the store for customers and interested folks to take for free (thanks Curtis!). We were amazed to see her fifteen copies disappear in three days! So, Sanaa went back the following week with another handful of independently bound chapbooks to sell. If that isn’t confidence, we don’t know what is! It has been exciting for all of us here at 826michigan who’ve worked with Sanaa to see her savoring such outstanding success!
Congratulations Sanaa! Keep writing! And, thank you for allowing us to participate in your journey!
Sanaa’! We’re all proud of you and we all look forward to seeing more of your writings. The above excerpt was from 826michigan, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students aged 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills. You can visit Vault of Midnight’s web site here [Google map].
