The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa Quotes

“my mother thinks i’m a living proof of cultural appropriation
but aren’t i a foreigner in my own country
an outsider
but only on the inside”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“this is your woman
who would sweep your khat
but doesn’t
bc you don’t even chew it”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“the sun shines through my cryptic curls
&makes my soul glow too
my baby girls giggle as their fingers brush through my afro in awe
have i not seen these full lips for years,
never thinking about this melanin masterpiece”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“everyone thinks jinns possessed us
no
we’re just possessive”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“hide
&seek,
huh
you hide when i seek your help”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“don’t ask if you’re being forced into marriage
by your family
or even by the man you’re marrying
ask if you’re forcing yourself

ask your conscience if you’re being pressured by social media
if the pestering questions by relatives has gotten to you now
if seeing couples made you jealous
&made you believe that the way your life is wasn’t good enough”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“but can you call them a bystander
if they’re streaming it all on their phones,
ready to post on instagram,
snapchat
or facebook
&they’re the same people who are appalled by the fact that executions were considered entertaining in tudor times”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“having fully somali children doesn’t even really matter
bc as soon as they touch down on the grave,
they become white
they’ll start to smell of dead people,
not foox
or caano fadi

when i touch down on the grave
my brain will be devoured
my broken somali will be broken down even more in the mouths of maggots
you know that soft east african skin that drake keeps rapping about
it’ll become even softer when it gets digested
&you best believe my natural hair will then floss all the remains”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“bc malcolm stood where presidents
&prime ministers stood

oxford union,
1964
check your sources,
qualified journalists
&caption this
university students were the audience to a man who didn’t finish high school
the irony”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“i write books
w/my right hand
but i also want the book to be given to that same hand on judgement day”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“but if you’re righteous,
you shall be granted
w/faces radiant like hidden pearls
succulent fruit for you,
gushing water
&wine to indulge therein
high couches reclining
presidents alongside peasants”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“but she doesn’t know
this is man’s version of
«making love»
she didn’t realise these love stories she read her whole life were made by women
women who dream
&make up different types of
«the perfect man»
but fuck
perfection isn’t even real

do not be ignorant
men do not exist through women’s literary descriptions”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“there are so many things i want you to do
not just for you to unlock the wifi for me

i told myself i wanted you,
only you
i fell for you slowly
noticed little things

how you always wore the khamis
even tho’ you weren’t at the mosque
how you let your beard grow
&went to the coiffure once in a while

you were so simple in your technique
you didn’t choose the
«fresh» hairstyles
you chose the sunnah”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“love never fails if it didn’t last forever
love only fails if it never became love in the first place”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“there are times i wish i had children
like when family movies are on
or when it’s eid

i wish i would snuggle up
w/my kids
but my kids don’t exist”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“i didn’t want kids back when i was a kid,
changing my brothers’ stinky nappies at 7 years old
&i haven’t changed me mind

&if i’m ever unsure,
just remember that
uncertainty is certainly rejection”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“bet ya think i’m forbidden huh
but i’m not riba
i just wanna interest ya”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“say بسمالله
before you eat me”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“stats say relationships decline when a baby’s in the picture
but the truth is,
if the camera doesn’t take good pictures now,
the pictures will always be bad quality,
no matter the lighting,
no matter the scenery

don’t take my word for it
look at the iphone adverts”
― Xayaat Muhummed, The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa