Somali


Desert Flower
Maps
The Orchard of Lost Souls
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
The Fortune Men
Black Mamba Boy
Infidel
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
When Stars Are Scattered
Warriors: Life and Death Among the Somalis
North of Dawn
Call Me American: A Memoir
Mucda Seeska Naxwaha Af Soomaaliga (Manx Edition)
Seeska Naxwaha Af Soomaaliga (Manx Edition)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
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I. Farah
[Bashe] found it easier to swallow all of the hardship he faced growing up, this pent up anguish became a well-disciplined beast, that was never meant to see the light of day or be dealt with in any capacity whatsoever.
I. Farah, The Dig Up

Diriye Osman
I have always been a loner. Even as a child, when my family and friends were off attending parties I would be sequestered in my room, sketchpad in hand, stereo by my side, listening to seductive R&B. Solitude was something I took for granted. Coming from a large family I needed solitude in order to think straight and paint my way out of confusion. My parents were accepting of the fact that I kept to myself and they respected my decision even though it went against my Somali upbringing, a culture ...more
Diriye Osman

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