Gaariye

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Somali poet and activist

Places

Somalia

was

Poet Activist

Work field

Activism Literature

Gender

Male

Religion(s):

Islam

Birth

1 January 1949 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed

Death

30 September 2012 People who died on this day

Place of death

Norway, Union between Sweden and Norway

Age

63 years

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Biography

Gaariye born has (Somali: Maxammed Xaashi Dhamac (Gaariye), Mohamed Hashi Dama,was a great poet from Somalia.

Gaarriye was born in Hargeisa in 1951 in former British Somaliland. He finished his elementary and secondary studies in Hargeisa in the early 1970s. and for University studies he enrolled in the Somali National University College in Afgooye and took the degree in bachelor of science in 1974. He was a member of the Somali National Movement. He composed one of the best known Somali poems on the theme of reconciliation, "Hagarlaawe" (The Charitable) which is translated into English by Martin Orwin .

Gaarriye died at a hospital in Norway on 30 September 2012.

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