The Global Kid

Download or read book The Global Kid written by Maha Hosain Aziz and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world's first comic book about global politics! I'm a professor (NYU), author (www.futureworldorder.org) and blogger (Medium.com) of global risk and prediction who also consults on this topic. But my childhood dream was in fact to be a cartoonist. From 2013-2016, I revisited this passion for cartooning after a 20+ year break, creating the superhero character of 14 year old Sami who lives in different countries with his family (much like I did - 7 countries by age 14) and observes political problems (much like I do in my day job). In Spring 2016, I finally launched my educational comic book about politics, The Global Kid, which went on to win five awards - the 2016 Wonder Woman Award in NY, the 2017 WEF Excellence Award in Iceland, the 2017 INSPAD Peace Award in Pakistan, the 2019 Educator's Challenge in Sweden and the UK; and the 2019 Education Award in Belgium. It was also featured at the Nov 2018 Paris Peace Forum as a finalist in the Educators Challenge. The Global Kid also inspired several of my blogs which you can read here: https://www.theglobalkid.org/pages/prof-azizs-blog and my 2019 book Future World Order (also available on Amazon). The Global Kid project was entirely crowdfunded by my Indiegogo investors and in 2016-2018 100% of the profits from my comic book went to education non-profits that help youth reach their potential (US-based Global Glimpse and Pakistan-based Developments In Literacy). As of 2019, any profits from my political comic book are being donated to charity Peace & Sport - specifically the memorial fund for my late brother Abid, a lifelong sports aficionado and lifelong supporter of my creativity. The Abid Aziz Fund supports Peace & Sport's "Live Together" program for Syrian refugee youth in Jordan's Za'atari camp. More details here: https://www.peace-sport.org/in-memory-of-abid-aziz/