On Thursday the 2nd of October 2014, Sahro Ahmed Koshin will launch her recently published poetry book \’Sounds of Laughter/Dhawaaqa Qosolka/Farxada in Garowe. Sahro will read from her work, including a dramatized version of the highly praised poem \’I am a Somali woman\’ which recently went viral on Social Media. She will read her 3-page […]
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The voice that unified Somalis has been silenced today. Saada Ali Warsame was violently killed in broad day light in Mogadishu on the 23rd of July 2014. She was beautiful soul and she promoted Somalia’s potential for peace and unity. May her beautiful soul rest forever in peace. I woke up this morning and read
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I am the sister of the martyr. I am the aunt of the potato seller at the local market. I am the daughter of the local sheikh. I am the injured of the revolution. The protester. The jailed. The detained. I am the tortured. The exiled. The kidnapped. The raped. I am the veiled. The
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I guess this cartoon drawing sums it all up well. I can so relate to this message; in my poem #self #taught #poetry For more info and inspiration go here http://www.kickass-creatives.com/help-im-100-self-taught-is-it-a-disadvantage-for-an-artist/ Happy reading… I’m 100% self-taught… I’m proud of what I’m doing but do feel l’m at somewhat of a disadvantage. Any suggestions on how
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The aromatic scent of the strong Somali tea. The fragrance when sugar accidentally lapses. Into charcoal fire and burns in smoldering flames. The scent and sound of spices. Being pounded in the kal iyo moyo. Creating acoustical effects and abounding happiness. Craving for the centuries old. Sweet-smell of the mixture of sanjabil, dhagoyare, hayl iyo
I am honored and humbled to have been invited to one of Africa\’s biggest Book Festivals- The StoryMoja Book Festival by its founder Muthoni Garland. I met Muthoni in Hergeysa during the Hergeysa Book Fair. I was invited there together with other women from the Puntland Women Writers Association (PWWA). At the Storymoja i will
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Impeded. By the lengthy stretch of an arms reach. I regressed. To the abuse of a mind’s dominating preach. Hindered. By the limits of a watchful eye’s sight. I employed. The guidance of visionary’s perception and insight. Splintered. Free of the chain’s contrived by the influences of a culture’s con. I surrendered To the spiritual healing of
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Omdat jij een deel van mijn bestaan werd ook na het breken van de navelstreng die ons verbond omdat jij de essentie van mijn leven bent omdat degene die gelukkig is iets heeft maar toch de leegte van zijn handen voelt weet ik omdat ik niet genoeg bezat van jouw moederliefde, jouw knuffel, jouw geur
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