Indonesian school children from the State Elementary School Menteng One, formerly attended by US President Barack Obama, observe paintings by Indonesian artist Damien Dematra that depict Obama when he was young, in Jakarta on June 16, 2010
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Hasan Faruq Ali, an American boy who played a young President Barack Obama in the Indonesian film “Obama Anak Menteng”, poses with the novel “Obama from Asisi” during a book launch in Obama’s former elementary school in Jakarta June 10, 2010
Indonesian writer Damien Dematra said he was inspired to write the novel after reading stories collected from teachers, friends and neighbours recounting the time when Obama lived in Indonesia between 1967-1970. Asisi is a Catholic school in Jakarta where Obama studied from 1968 – 1970
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