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Stories that remember.
Ideas that endure.

Discover the work of a Somali author, researcher and translator writing about history, justice, resilience and the courageous road to forgiveness.

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AuthorSomali history & memory
ResearcherCulture & state-building
TranslatorIdeas across languages
Mohamed Abdi Aynab
Featured memoir CIIL Iyo Cafis Suffering • Justice • Forgiveness
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The power of memory
“If you do not know your history, you cannot guide your future.”

Mohamed Abdi Aynab writes to preserve the stories that shape a people. Through an honest examination of difficult history, he seeks meaning, dignity, and hope, believing that understanding the past is essential to building a better future.

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CIIL Iyo Cafis Featured
Somali · Paperback

CIIL Iyo Cafis

A powerful Somali memoir of imprisonment, resilience, justice and forgiveness.

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Portrait of Mohamed Abdi Aynab Author · Engineer · Researcher · Translator
A life shaped by history

Writing through pain,
toward understanding.

Writing through pain, his memoir, CIIL Iyo Cafis, recounts his imprisonment during the era of President Mohamed Siad Barre. It serves as both testimony and reflection—an intimate examination of injustice, endurance, and forgiveness.

01 Justice 02 Resilience 03 Forgiveness 04 Somali history
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