Hawa Jibril

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

Biography

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. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Saa Waxay Tiri – Hawa Jibril". ssagkc.org. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. 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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