Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaariye'

'Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (born 1949 in Hargeysa) is a poet from Somalia.[1] He was member of the Somali National Movement.[2] He has composed one of the best known Somali poems on the theme of reconciliation, "Hagarlaawe" (The Charitable).[3]

References

  1. ^ Poetry in translation [1] (retrieved 25-09-2011)
  2. ^ Didier Morin, Littérature et politique en Somalie, Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, 1997, p.32
  3. ^ Rebuilding Somaliland:issues and possibilities, Red Sea Press, 2005, p. 141