Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Nuruddin Farah

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah.

Last updated on September 20, 2024.

Nuruddin Farah is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.

Somali - Novelist | Born: November 24, 1945

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Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

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Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

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I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.

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She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned out that her opinions were different from what others expected. 'That proves either that I am an exceptional idiot, or the reverse.

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

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That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.

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