Daughters of Arraweelo Abuela much isn’t written about his

much isn’t written about his mother who passed soon after his birth nor about the women who raised him

offers a survey of over 350 years

Paperback: 312 pages

Word-by-word translation Arabic-English

and outbreaks of violence

Daughters of Arraweelo Abuela much isn’t written about hisSomali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. After civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, thousands of families fled the country and sought asylum all over the world. Many Somali women carried the responsibility through this catastrophic time for finding safe passage and new homes for their families. Minnesota now holds the largest number of Somali immigrants of any state.