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Twisted_Logic wrote:

nomadicwarlord wrote:"I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it, and the reason is because nothing good comes out of a country until the artists of that country turn to writing about it in a truthful way". Nuruddin Farah.

It is kind of unfortunate that our youth know more about Iman and K'naan more than Nurradin Farah.

It's a fact that we know more about American literary figures than our own. Somalia might be a nation of poets, but the truth is, I don't know anything about our revered poets. Shame on me.

Nuruddin Faarax

nomadicwarlord wrote:

Twisted_Logic wrote:

nomadicwarlord wrote:"I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it, and the reason is because nothing good comes out of a country until the artists of that country turn to writing about it in a truthful way". Nuruddin Farah.

It is kind of unfortunate that our youth know more about Iman and K'naan more than Nurradin Farah.

It's a fact that we know more about American literary figures than our own. Somalia might be a nation of poets, but the truth is, I don't know anything about our revered poets. Shame on me.

Our nation has collapsed and our literal riches are slowly dying together with our language. 30 years of constant migration and conflicts can have a server effects on the developments of people and culture. More than I am worried about the fact that our youth read Western writers instead of our own, I am worried about when reading will stop. I am worried about the young Somali youth who takes K'naan for a role-model and I am worried about the young Somali girl that takes Iman for a mother-figure in this Western World. It is tragic, but true, that great writers such as Nurradin Farah are only honored and their work celebrated much later in life when they have passed away.

Nurradin Farah is Somalia's gift to the world. No other living Somali can this be said of.

Twisted_Logic wrote:Nurradin Farah-The man who gave us From a Crooked Rib and the trilogy Variations on the Theme of an African Dictator . Somalia needs more Nurradin Farahs

I'm interested to know what criteria did you use to that establishes who is most important living Somali and who isn't??

knowing this can will help us to either agree or disagree with this very bold statement of yours.

2ndtoNone wrote:

Twisted_Logic wrote:Nurradin Farah-The man who gave us From a Crooked Rib and the trilogy Variations on the Theme of an African Dictator . Somalia needs more Nurradin Farahs

I'm interested to know what criteria did you use to that establishes who is most important living Somali and who isn't??

knowing this can will help us to either agree or disagree with this very bold statement of yours.

I consider Nurradin Farah as the most important Somali person alive today, because of his continuous coverage of the problems and realities the Somali people face. The wide range of books and plays he has written about the Somali people are more important and valuable than any work done by other Somali writers. I don't know of any other Somali writer that has covered the realities and pains of our people more than him.

twisted
bro so what you saying to be important somali one has to be a writer with many and wide ranges of books which expose ever somali's dirty laundry(qabiilism, treatment of women, religion, illiteracy etc) for the world to see and then use the income from the sales to set uo a nice villa in some hot city by the sea (say like cape town), and never be in the ''kitchen'' as the mercury rises.

somalis who are in inside the country day in day out such as doctors aiding the wounded and council victims of war or diseases and teacher who are educating youngsters ect. these somalis are not important according to your criteria.

i think though your admiration for the guy has obscured you the reality of who can be considered most important somali.

no doubt the guy is very influential in the world of literature but to say the most important living somali i doubt it very very much.

2ndtoNone wrote:twisted
bro so what you saying to be important somali one has to be a writer with many and wide ranges of books which expose ever somali's dirty laundry(qabiilism, treatment of women, religion, illiteracy etc) for the world to see and then use the income from the sales to set uo a nice villa in some hot city by the sea (say like cape town), and never be in the ''kitchen'' as the mercury rises.

somalis who are in inside the country day in day out such as doctors aiding the wounded and council victims of war or diseases and teacher who are educating youngsters ect. these somalis are not important according to your criteria.

i think though your admiration for the guy has obscured you the reality of who can be considered most important somali.

no doubt the guy is very influential in the world of literature but to say the most important living somali i doubt it very very much.

That’s a poor way to read my point.

Nurradin Farah writes his novels from a historical angle. They are meant as a commentary of the Somali situation and the realities we find ourselves trapped in. Correctly depicting our social problems is important because only then can we learn from our mistakes and hope to move towards a progressive path and this is why his books are very important. Much after he is gone, people will still read his works and will utilize as an important understanding about the turbulent history of our people.

This is not to say that the doctors, teachers, and others who are engaged in admirable work on behalf of the Somali people don’t deserve to be honored, much to the contrary.

Maybe, I should have stated my point in more unambiguous terms earlier. I think Nurradin Farah is the most important Somali intellectual. I think you will agree with me here.

He is a brilliant orator. For some reason literarians just know how to wow you with pure raw intelligence. First time I saw this guy was on an interview on t.v and he wowed me. Even the interviewee looked like a student being taught by a professor. The fact he was Somali made it more endearing.

let me be first one to hijack you topic.lol

ive problem with his religion views and being none religious.

i didnt meet him but my dad met him not as a writter but some one interduced to him as one of tribal kin.
when time for salat he said: idinku iska tukada, ina so du'aya.

i didnt know his axistance before that , i was 13 years old, i wnt to the library and got couple books maps and links.

maps was intresting read though. links was too but some where in the middle just clashed with my values and turned me off drom continueing . maybe if i dont know him i wouldnt care and keep reading it. but knowing his upbring and way he became just distruped me.

never heard of him

Good gentelman, a good Somali who fought all his live good and beter Somalia,read his books fantastic books, one of my memory of him is an interview he gave BBc world service where English professor who was taking part when talking about Ziad bare he refered him to his country, where nuradin got angry said to man how dare you say that saying Ziad bare doesn't own the country.

never heard of him, but based on the reviews you guys have given, he seems like a male version of Ayan Hirsi


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