# Amran Mohamed Ahmed (Camraan Maxamed Axmed)

> Amran Mohamed Ahmed (born 1954): Somali poet and journalist, Finland's Refugee Woman of the Year 2005.

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## Who is she?

Amran Mohamed Ahmed is a Somali author, poet and journalist born in Hargeisa on 12 April 1954 ([Wikipedia, Amran Mohamed Ahmed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amran_Mohamed_Ahmed)). She went to school in Hargeisa, studied in Mogadishu, and made teaching materials for the Ministry of Education (same source). [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) declared independence in 1991; Israel recognised it on 26 December 2025; most states and the AU regard it as part of Somalia.

## Finland

In 1990 she moved to Finland with her husband and youngest child ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amran_Mohamed_Ahmed)). She worked as a volunteer interpreter for Somali refugees, lectured on Somali culture and spoke to journalists about where the refugees were coming from (same source). In 2005 the Finnish Refugee Council named her Refugee Woman of the Year, and in 2011 a biography of her was published (same source). See [Somalis in Finland](/en/diaspora/finland/).

## Writing

She writes poetry, fairy tales and journalism in Somali and Finnish, helped edit the poetry collection *Nine Autumn Sessions* (2002), and broadcast for years on Somali-language radio ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amran_Mohamed_Ahmed)). Since 2007 she has lived in [London](/en/diaspora/london/), where she works as a journalist for Raad TV International (same source).

## In short

A Hargeisa-born poet and journalist who championed Somali refugees in Finland.

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