Al Ghazali College Matric Farewell Dinner

Class of 2015

16 October 2015

Al Ghazali Sport Centre

It is the end of something simple and the beginning

of everything else…

Welcome Address – Mr H. C. Karsan

He who lives without

discipline, dies without honour. –

Icelandic Proverb

Opening Qiraat – Arshaad Essa

It’s wonderful to

be successful. But even

better to be able to share

success.

Principal’s Address - Mr S. Khan

Live so that when your

children think of fairness

and integrity, they think of you. – H. Jackson

Brown Jr.

Class of 2015

Headboy’s Address – Shiraz Mohamed

What is a vision? It is

a compelling image of an achievable

future.

Address by Chairman of the Board –

Mr S. Osman

There is no short cut to life. To

the end of our days, life is a

lesson imperfectly learnt. - Harrison

E. Salisbury

Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

Deputy Minister, MsFatima Chohan, having had a

distinguished career as a Member of Parliament, was appointed by President Jacob Zuma as Deputy

Minister of Home Affairs on 1 November 2010.

Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

As a Member of Parliament since 1996 when she was appointed as a

back-bencher, Deputy Minister Chohan has chaired various ad hoc committees as well as the Portfolio

Committees on Justice and Constitutional Development, Public Enterprises and Basic Education in

the National Assembly.

Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

Deputy Minister Chohan is currently a representative of the National

Assembly to the Judicial Services Commission having been nominated in May 2009.She was also nominated

to represent Parliament on the Magistrates Commission for two terms during which she chaired the Western

Cape Provincial Committee of the Magistrates Commission which

recommended new appointments to the Bench.

Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

Prior to being appointed as a Member of Parliament, Deputy

Minister Chohan held the following positions: Legal Advisor in the Office

of the Premier (Gauteng), Legal Advisor in the Gauteng Legislature, and Deputy Head of the Metro Legal

Services in the Greater Johannesburg.

Keynote Speaker – Ms Fatima Chohan

Beginning her activist career while still a student, Deputy Minister Chohan, while at

WITS, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Muslim Students Society

while also being a member of the Black Student Society.

With a BProc from the University of Witwatersrand (WITS), Deputy Minister Chohan was admitted to the Side Bar in

1998.

Keynote Speaker – Deputy Minister Ms Fatima Chohan

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself. –

Oprah Winfrey

Zakiyya

Must take the scarf off! – It

aggravates my

headache and

anxiety.

Mooaza

“Now you see me, now you don’t…

Almaaz

Must be something in my food and drink – I can’t stop

talking.

Tasneem

Soo much to say – soo little time and space

for intellectual

development.

Aaqila

Arrived late…

wait for me… I need to catch up.

Ashiya

Once upon a time, there lived a real lady in AL GHAZALI.

Arshaad

Nightingale of Al GHAZALI…NO MATCH

FOUND

Humairah

When I start laughing… I can’t stop… But keep in

mind, it hasn’t

interfered with my work.

Khadija

Shh… Please keep

quiet… The teacher can’t hear my

speech.

Aliya

Here today… gone

tomorrow… and the

next… and the next.

Iman

Repeat - Here today… gone tomorrow…

We are twins after all.

Farhaan

Don’t worry…

be happy…

Loooots of time.

Yusuf

Blame it on my grade one teacher – She didn’t teach me to write clearly.

Amaarah

Cannot possibly stop chewing – my jaw muscles

need exercise.

Shiraz

Didn’t realise there was a prize for full attendance.

Too late now…

Amina

DO NOT DISTURB – on my way

to Dreamland.

Jameela

Haven’t learnt to use

my voice yet. Will have

to start sooner or

later.

Faaiza

Moosa you’re spoiling it for me – Behave

man!

Moosa

Thought you knew I

enrolled as part-time student – orange

cellphone keeps me

busy.

Raheema

Ahh Mualima. I know it’s

wrong, but … I’ll do

it.

Mishkaah

“Sure learnt to talk a lot this year…Out of my

shell at last!

Presentation of subject awards

Vote of Thanks – Head Girl of 2015 Aaliya

Dadamia

Women are the largest

untapped reservoir

of talent in the world.

– Hillary Clinton

Closing Dua – Ml. A. Mukadam

Knowledge exists

potentially in the human soul like the

seed; by learning the

potential becomes

actual.” - Imam Al

Ghazali

You will be missed but never forgotten…

All the best to the Matric Class of 2015!!!