I published the first Abdul Adan story I ever read (african-writing.com/nine/bashirada…) and a couple more, since then, and I believe I have sequenced the DNA of his style: a tall tale with an absurd idea seasoned to credibility, and a central character, 9 feet tall...

Thank you, walaalkiis!

Congratulations, Capt. Ismail!!

I contributed a story to this issue. It's titled "The Curious Case of Rupert Ray."

A commendable initiative by the MDR county administration. We hope to see efficient implementation of this going forward.

Great job, Governor MAK & team. Inshallah keeping my fingers crossed for y'all.

My thoughts and prayers are with Hon. Kulow Maalim Hassan who got badly hurt in an accident today.

I'm watching a trailer of a Somali TV show. Recently made, all the tech is current as far as one could see. But the characters are all well-groomed, make up and all. Is it a beauty thing or character creation? Let's be serious in how we showcase humanity in realistic film-making.

My story "The Somalification of James Karangi" has itself been somalified. Translated by Bodhari Warsame and published in the somali journal Geeska.

theelephant.info/culture/2023/0… Dalle Abraham

Waaq yooya!!

Dear northeastern Kenyans, when you write the words of another, put them in quotation marks and mention the source like this: "Ifraxey, arr ilaahey ka baq ee meeshi ma ii dhameysid." - Xassan Gacmey. Abdullahi Derow

Thank you!! Scarfmag will be back with more in future.

It was an exhilarating experience to reunite with my former schoolmate, Aloys Wambura, today in Eastleigh. Our paths diverged after we were expelled due to a strike at Taranganya Secondary School in Kuria. This incident dramatically altered the course of our lives, subjecting us

"Black beauty" you say? You don't say "light beauty" because beauty belongs in lightness, right? And if it's a particularly dark person their "beauty" has to be accompanied by their colour? I can't help but perceive a hidden a "but" in there. "Beautiful" is enough.

In my dream I arrived in a dystopian America where everyone was assigned one of 15 genders by the govt and whipped if they didn't write it on all forms. I wasn't told mine so I wrote "male" on an immigration form and got whipped at the airport.

Markaad isku darsato awood turjumaaneed iyo hal-abuurnimo, waa sidan oo kale! Well done Aziz.

Very much honored by this news. Congrats to the other fellows as well.

Kesho nikiland Jamaica

In a month, three more xaaxfuls got married. At least one invited me to help serve the guests at the party. I felt so non-existent, almost like Pus from "The Sopranos" when, right before he got wacked for snitching,Tony asked, "Hey, Pus, do you even exist?" Somaliland hanoolaato!