I am a Somali Woman - by Sahra Ahmed Koshin

[Alpha Blondy]

I am the sister of the martyr.

I am the aunt of the potato seller at the local market.

I am the daughter of the local sheikh.

I am the injured of the revolution, the protester, the jailed, the detained.

I am the tortured, the exiled, the kidnapped, the raped.

I am the veiled, the non-veiled, I am a beautiful soul.

I am a Somali woman.

My skin is of ebony and ivory, I am young by spirit, old by experience.

I am the pregnant, the wife, the single mother, the widow, the godobtiir and godobreeb tool forcing me into marriage as the compensation payment for another clan’s peace settlement.

I am a Somali woman.

 

Yet I am not a victim, I am a leader.

Not a woman leader, but a leader who happens to be a woman.

I clean up the streets of my nation, I rise up the past, the present and the future generations.

 

I brought the Nobel Peace Price to Somalia.

 

I am a Somali woman.

 

I speak out for my son at school.

I speak up for my daughter in the madrasa.

I pray for my ancestors and for my older son in jail, for my mother in the hospital.

I speak out for our artists whom they keep bombing in theaters and on the streets.

I am a Somali woman.

 

I speak out for my mind, I am the pulse of the people.

I live in the city, in the town, in the rural areas, in the suburb, in the mountains, on the borders. I am in Garowe, Mogadihsu, Afgoye, Hargeisa, Galkayo, Bosaaso, Beletweyne, Badhan, Bocame and every corner where there is life and sound

I am a Somali woman.

 

I boost the economy, I advance the technology, I give life to the community.

Do I deserve to be equal to you?

YES I do because I am a woman.

A Somali woman.

 

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jimca wanaagsan y'all. thought to share this incredible little poem i found online.

 

favourite line - Yet I am not a victim, I am a leader. Not a woman leader, but a leader who happens to be a woman. - caajib.

 

congratulations to Somali Women.