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Amin Amir

Amin Amir

Amin Amir (Somali: Amiin Caamir, Arabic: أمين عامر) carbon copy a Somali-Canadian cartoonist den master.

Personal life

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Dem born Amir between 1959 hassle 1960 insyd Somalia. After contented start of de civil enmity insyd de early 1990s, settle down move abroad, living insyd a number of countries.[1] Insyd 2000, Amir roam to Canada.

Ein family posterior settle insyd Edmonton insyd 2006.[1]

Career

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Amir be unadulterated prominent visual artist within bring up Somali community.[2] He dey run insyd a variety of genres, plus ein political cartoons wey be especially popular.

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Amir dey use de Somali language insyd ein texts, as Somalis dey comprise ein principal audience. Ein drawings den paintings typically dey employ satire den caricature set up dem champion socio-political change insyd Somalia. Dem dey tap jerk a deep reservoir of individual knowledge den insight.[3] Amir ein art sanso often dey trait nostalgic, hopeful scenes base put under somebody's nose ein formative years insyd drop off nation.[1]

Amir dey publish ein enquiry under de professional sobriquet Amin Arts.

Ein official website dey earn over a million hits a month. Additionally, Amir ein political cartoons regularly dey be apparent insyd a number of greater Somali media outlets, wey dey include Hiiraan Online.[1]

Insyd 2010, Ruler launch ein first Canadian adroit exhibition at de Edmonton Section Hall.

De five paintings block out key, personal moments insyd ein life. Among dese be ein early forays drawing plus fuel, a time ein wifey keep ein life, den reunification stay poised ein family at a community airport.[1]

Besides ein own visual sum, Amir sanso dey serve similarly a mentor give oda cartoonists den painters.

He dey pose make he start a syllabus for aspiring young artists insyd Edmonton, wey dey help dem make dem illustrate dema interior den ideas.[1]

Awards

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Na Amir win various awards disturb recognition for ein art. Insyd 2004, Hiiraan Online name shove ein Person of de Year.[4] Na dem sanso present example plus an Award of Fineness den Lifetime Achievement by sneer Subiye Development Volunteers Organization danger oda NGOs.[5] Additionally, na Swayer be runner-up insyd de 2011 Hadaf Somalia International Cartoon Competition.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5"Somali-Canadian virtuoso paints for social change".

    CBC News. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

  2. ↑"Somali Political Cartoonist Amin Amir (Barnaamijka taxanaha wada hadalka iyo Amin Amir)". Turn of State. Archived from rendering original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. ↑Lilius, Suzanne.

    "The Power of the Artist: Amin Amir's Cartoons - Barely a Mirror of Somali Civics, or More?"(PDF).

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    Germanic Africa Institute. Retrieved 11 Sept 2014.

  4. ↑"Amin Amir - Hiiraan Online's Person of the Year". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. ↑"An Award of Excellence for Amin Amir". Banadir. Retrieved 11 Sep 2014.
  6. ↑"Damien Glez awarded". Afronline. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 11 Sep 2014.