Hawa Jibril

Hawa Jibril (1920–2011) was a Somali poet, known especially for her work in the buraanbur genre.

Jibril was born into a nomadic family[1] on the Mudug plateau.[2] She composed her first poem at the age of twelve, inspired by a family fight.[1] Later she became a member of the Somali Youth League.[3] In 1993 she emigrated to Toronto, where she died, to escape the Somali Civil War; she had no papers proving Somali citizenship, and so was delayed in being naturalized.[4][5] Some of her poems were later compiled and published in English and Somali by her daughter, Faduma Ahmed Alim, under the title And Then She Said, Saa Waxay Tiri.[1] In 2007 her life and poetry were the subject of a play, Bridge of One Hair.[6]

References
  1. "FROM SOMALIA TO TORONTO: HAWA JIBRIL, SOMALI POET IN CANADA – Habitat". copahabitat.ca. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Saa Waxay Tiri – Hawa Jibril". ssagkc.org. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Somali Youth League (SYL)". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. Watch, Muslimah Media (19 June 2013). "Breaking Down Stereotypes: Somali Women Always Agents of History". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. "Remembering Hawa Jibril". www.jumbliestheatre.org. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. "FROM SOMALIA TO TORONTO: HAWA JIBRIL, SOMALI POET IN CANADA". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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