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    The Breast Mountains Of All Time (Are In Hargeisa)

    By Xayaat Saeed

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    Named after Naasa Hablood, the twin mountains resembling breasts, The Breast Mountains Of All Time (Are In Hargeisa) is the debut poetry collection by writer and poet Xayaat Saeed.

     

    In her debut, the Somali-British-Dutch writer strives to depict the 'woman experience'. Inspired by writers like Warsan Shire, Ntozake Shange and Royla Asghar, she focuses specifically on the diaspora/immigrant experience feminism and feminine energy.

     

    In addition to feminine energy/essence, The Breast Mountains Of All Time (Are In Hargeisa) contains poems about womanhood, toxic femininity, friendship, love, religion, spirituality, self love, blackness, motherhood and the childfree-by-choice lifestyle as well as the first generation, diaspora and immigrant experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXayaat Saeed
    Release dateFeb 12, 2020
    ISBN9781393907633
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    The Breast Mountains Of All Time (Are In Hargeisa)
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    Xayaat Saeed

    Xayaat Saeed is a Somali-British-Dutch writer and poet. Born in 1999, she was always a creative soul, forever searching for methods to express herself. She writes on creativity, beauty standards, dream-chasing, feminism, culture, Islam and much more.

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