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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Shugri Said Salh with Mathangi Subramanian — The Last Nomad
DESCRIPTION:Third Place Books welcomes author Shugri Said Salh for a presentation of her debut memoir\, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert. She will be joined in conversation award-winning writer and educator Dr. Mathangi Subramanian. \n  \nAbout The Last Nomad. . .\n“I am the last nomad. My ancestors traveled the East African desert in search of grazing land for their livestock\, and the most precious resource of all—water. When they exhausted the land and the clouds disappeared from the horizon\, their accumulated ancestral knowledge told them where to move next to find greener pastures. They loaded their huts and belongings onto their most obedient camels and herded their livestock to a new home.” \nWhen Shugri Said Salh was six years old\, she was sent to live with her nomadic grandmother in the desert\, away from the city of Galkayo. Leaving behind her house\, her parents\, her father’s multiple wives\, and her many siblings\, she would become the last of her family to learn a once-common way of life. The desert held many risks\, from drought and hunger to the threat of predators\, but it also held beauty\, innovation\, and centuries of tradition. Shugri grew to love the freedom of roaming with her goats and the feeling of community in learning the courtship rituals\, cooking songs\, and poems of her people. She was even proud to face the rite of passage that all “respectable” girls undergo in Somalia\, a brutal female circumcision. \nIn time\, Shugri would return to live with her siblings in the city. Ultimately\, the family was forced to flee as refugees in the face of a civil war—first to Kenya\, then to Canada\, and finally to the United States. There\, Shugri would again find herself a nomad in a strange land\, learning to navigate everything from escalators to homeless shelters to\, ultimately\, marriage\, parenthood\, and nursing school. And she would approach each step of her journey with resilience and a liveliness that is all her own. \nAt once dramatic and witty\, The Last Nomad tells a story of tradition\, change\, and hope.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-event-shugri-said-salh-with-mathangi-subramanian-the-last-nomad/
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