By Jamal Gabobe

The program took place on Sat, Feb.3, 2007 at the Simpson Center for the Humanities.

It started at 7:15 p.m. Professor Lynn Thomas, the chair of African Studies at the University of Washington opened the program. Lynn Thomas started by thanking the various departments that co-sponsored the event (the African Studies Program, Comparative History of Ideas, the Comparative Literature Department, the Jackson School of International Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the University of Washington Libraries and the Kenneth S. Allen Endowment Library Fund).Lynn Thomas also thanked Jamal Gabobe for working so hard to make this event possible. Jamal Gabobe introduced the poet.

Poet Mohammad Hashi Dhamac (Gaariye) talked about Somali literature. He read his poems in Somali. Jamal Gabobe read translations of some of the poems in English.

Somalis and non-Somalis were present in the audience.

Source: Somaliland Times

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