# Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (Muna Axmed)

> Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (b.1972): Djiboutian novelist, author of Les enfants du khat (2002).

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## Who is she?

Mouna-Hodan Ahmed is a writer from Djibouti, born in 1972, and one of the few women writers in the country ([Wikipedia, Mouna-Hodan Ahmed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouna-Hodan_Ahmed)). She grew up in a family of five children and went to primary and secondary school in Djibouti (same source).

## Teacher and novelist

She studied at university in France and then returned to Djibouti to teach ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouna-Hodan_Ahmed)). Her first novel, *Les enfants du khat* ("The children of khat"), was published in 2002 (same source). See [Somalis in Djibouti](/en/diaspora/djibouti/).

## In short

A Djiboutian teacher and novelist writing in French, author of *Les enfants du khat*.

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