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Ferdaous Ben Malk,19, Ait Melloule.

My purple inspiration

There are many people in our lives who inspire us directly or indirectly. The woman I am writing about today is the best example for any young or adult lady. She managed to impact a huge number of students, teachers and even ordinary people. And I am one of those people. I met Mrs. Barb Mackraz three years ago during her visit to my high school. I've heard a lot about her, but meeting her was an exception. Barb is an American lady and she is the creator of Morocco Library Project, which I became a member in later. Once you meet her you know how kind and optimistic she is, with her friendly smile.

This lady has a great and powerful message she wants to spread, and every member shares the same aim, which is spreading the habit of reading and create as much as possible of libraries around Morocco and in other countries in the continent of Africa. And her goal has achieved perfectly. I can say that I am the best witness on the success of MLP in the last few years. Because of her, I managed to express myself easily and share my ideas and my thoughts through writing book reviews and essays and sharing them with other people around the world. And the most important is inspiring my community exactly as I got inspired by Barb's passion and her noble aim. A lot of people around me such as friends and relatives became interested as well about books and

discovering the world of reading. Also instead of being only a consumer I started thinking about my own project and creating small libraries in my area to share and pass some of my humble experience, so I can touch the effect and see the results around me.

Through the years and the different experiences we live every day, we meet different types of people. There is the one who may frustrate us and underestimate our potentials, and there is the one who heartens and support us even with a good word that can give you great energy and strength to continue with the same level. And this is exactly what my purple inspiration does every day.( I call her purple because it's her favorite color besides, the first library was created was named "Purple Library " ). Thanks to her I was

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able to discover new books and authors, I became me myself a writer. Thanks to MLP and Mrs. Barb I made new friendships. Friends that share the same interests and we have the same goal. We all got inspired with the incredible work Barb does every day and this featured in the impact and the great effect we live in our lives today.

She told me once "Start small with passion, and it will grow". It's absolutely right. And as I like to say always" small ideas can have a big impact " . When I see her hard work and her sacrifice, I know how life and responsibility should be. I've learned a lot through these three years of this experience. I got inspired and I learned how to inspire others . In addition to express my ideas wildly with ne fear.

Finally, I want to send this message to every girl and powerful lady in this universe. Today's life is more complicated and difficult to impose yourself and show what you can do, so being creative and different will let the world respect you and support you. So be who you are and let your soul shine wherever you go.

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