Azim Khamisa
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Azim Khamisa is a speaker and author
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 of three books, the latest one being "The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit: How to Bounce Back from Life's Hardest Hits", published by Random House and coauthored with Jillian Quinn.

Khamisa was born in Kenya, Africa and had early training in mathematics, economics and international finance and is the Chairman, CEO and Founder of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) and Founder and National Director of the Constant And Never Ending Improvement (CANEI) program. Committing his life to halting the continuing cycle of violence among the youth, Khamisa became a social activist after his son's death. His first book, "From Murder to Forgiveness" is about the death of his son. Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation to break the cycle of youth violence.

In 2010, Mithaq Kazimi
Mithaq Kazimi
Mithaq Kazimi is a film director and producer, mostly known for his documentary film 16 Days in Afghanistan and founding member of Dawn Breakers International Film Festival...

produced a film about his life.

External links

  • http://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories/azim-khamisa-ples-felix
  • http://www.mpnnow.com/homepage/x317098716
  • http://www.azimkhamisa.com/
  • http://www.tkf.org/
  • http://www.betterworldheroes.com/khamisa.htm
  • http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/luminaries/azim_khamisa
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