Ali Jimale Ahmed

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Ahmed Nur Ali Jumali
Native name
احمد نور على جمعالى
BornCali Jimcaale Axmed
1954 April 17
Mogadishu, Somalia
Occupation
NationalitySomali
CitizenshipSomali and Djibouti
EducationMogadishu
Alma materBanadir high school
Period1969
Literary movementto Saudi Arabia 19 early 70th
Notable awardsDaybreak is near, The invention of Somalia.
Childrenrukya ahmed ali jumale

Ahmed Ali Jimale (Somali : Ahmed Cali Jimcaale ) is a Somali author, who hails from the Maxamuud Hiraab sub clan of Duduble Hawiye.

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Biography

Ahmed holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Current and former chair of Comparative Literature at Queens College, City University of New York, he teaches courses in African, Middle Eastern, and European literature. His poetry and short stories have also been translated into several languages, including Japanese and the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia. His books include The Invention of Somalia (Red Sea Press, 1995), Daybreak Is Near: Literature, Clans, and the Nation-State in Somalia (Red Sea Press, 1996), and Fear Is a Cow (Red Sea Press, 2002).

Ahmed currently teaches Comparative Literature at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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