What causes America's mainstream media to fear and try to destroy a group of artists and their work? What happens when such a creative movement grows in strength and threatens media's bottom line? Why would extremists find it necessary to take acti
I AM A YOUNG SOMALI GIRL. I AM A POET, BUT IN MY LANGUAGE: SOMALI. I BELEIVE THAT POETRY IS A GIFT. EVERYONE IS NOT A POET. IN MY COUNTRY, POETRY IS NATURAL. MOST POETS MAY BE UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE. BUT THEY CAN COMPOSE MEANINGFUL, WISE AND BEAUTIFUL POEMS. I AM ONE OF THE ILLITERATE POETS. I COMPOSE VARIOUS TYPES OF SOMALI POETRY INCLUDING: HEES, JIIFTO, BURAAMBUR, GEERAAR AND GABAY. I WILL PO
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SAFI ABDI IS MY INSPIRATION ON THIS DEN. SHE IS A ROLE MODEL. ABDULLAHI AW MOHAMED AND ABDINOOR HAJI MOHAMED ARE BOTH GREAT WRITERS. I ENJOY THE STORIES TRANSLATED BY ABDULLAHI. SAFI REMINDS ME OF GOD'S SUPPLICATION EACH TIME I VISIT HER SITE. KEEP IT UP SAFI. ABDINOOR LOVES MY COUNTRY AND THE PROBLEMS IN SOMALIA HURT HIM. YOU ARE A STATESMAN.
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