# Ahmed Abdullahi Gulleid (Aag)

> Ahmed Abdullahi Gulleid (Aag), born 1953 in Garbahaarreey: Somali writer and columnist, author of Somalia: A Reciprocal Curse?

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## Who is he?

Ahmed Abdullahi Gulleid, also known as "Aag", is a Somali writer and researcher ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdullahi_Gulleid)). He was born in 1953 in Garbahaarreey in the [Gedo region](/en/regions/gedo/), went to school there and then moved to Mogadishu to study (same source).

## Prison and exile

In 1988, while still in college, he questioned in print the legality and actions of the October 1969 revolutionary government, and was jailed and then deported ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdullahi_Gulleid)). He went on to study in Canada, the United Kingdom and Yemen (same source).

## Writing

He is a syndicated writer and columnist on Somali affairs, including opposition to armed Islamist groups ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdullahi_Gulleid)). Wikipedia says one of his online articles drew about 200,000 readers and more than 3,400 comments (same source). His book Somalia: A Reciprocal Curse? came out in January 2009, and he lives and works in the [United Arab Emirates](/en/relations/uae/) (same source). See [Somalis in the UAE](/en/diaspora/uae-dubai/).

## In short

A Gedo-born writer who was jailed for his words in 1988 and kept writing about Somalia from exile.

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