A Quote by Warsan Shire

I think in Somali, I cuss in Somali, when I'm afraid I reach for somali and this language is very rich, very filling. It's an unflinching language; the crudest most terrible things sound perfectly normal in Somali.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
British - Writer
Born: 1988

To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.

Nuruddin Farah

We are helping our Somali brothers get rid of these narrow-minded attackers. The Somali people do not support the extremists, they are on the side of our soldiers.

Yoweri Museveni

I did not come to power to divide Somali but to unite them, and I will never deviate from this path. I shall respect a Somali individual as long as he deserves respect, but if he turns away from the correct path, then that is not my business.

Siad Barre

I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.

Halima Aden

Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [ their home ] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community.

Joe Biden

Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.

Halima Aden

What I always emphasize is that I am a representative who happens to be Somali.

Ilhan Omar

The Somali people deserve the kind of life we have here in the United States.

Michael Caputo

The film Black Hawk Down paints the Somali people as wild savages.

Brendan Sexton III

The film 'Black Hawk Down' paints the Somali people as wild savages.

Brendan Sexton III

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

Jim Fowler

I love Somali foods like canjeero, a pancakelike bread; same for pizza, burgers, and sushi.

Halima Aden

I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'

Halima Aden

Over the course of my life, I have made many transitions - most of them taking me further away from my Somali roots and steadily toward the enlightened mentality of Western democracy.