Nuruddin Farah Quotes

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

Nuruddin Farah

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

  

  Nuruddin Farah
  • American
  • Weird
  • Skinny