Points

Mohamed Abdi Samatar

Some of the points I want to talk about.

  1. Refugee: Refugees are people who ran from their countries as a result of instability.
  2. Educating girls
  3. Supporting the poor with all my efforts
  4. Conserving the natural environment
  5. Pointing out those who engage child labor
  6. Reading and writing essays

Daily Problems of refugees:

  1. Refugees are people who ran from their countries as a result of instability.
  2. They do not get to enjoy the rights enjoyed by citizens.
  3. Sometimes they stay without food for days.

The Somali Culture:
The Somalis in shanty houses,
Doing their social culture that is nomadism,
Singing their lullaby songs to their pets
And drinking their sour milk.

The Somalis in shanty houses,
Whose country is destroyed by the civil wars,
And senseless slaughtering of the innocent civilians,
Why don’t you think about your future.

The Somalis in shanty houses,
To wander wondering cruelty,
Left their holy scripture,
When do you get peace.

The Somalis in shanty houses,
Why looting and killings,
Why do not you thinking about this hopeless country,
And maintain its reconstruction and peace.

AIDS
AIDS AIDS it kills it has no cure,
But prevention. Abstinence from sex to be
Faithful to one’s partner and use of condoms are
The major remedies.

Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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