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

- Nuruddin Farah

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

- Nuruddin Farah

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

- Nuruddin Farah

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…

- Nuruddin Farah

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

- Nuruddin Farah

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 …

- Nuruddin Farah