# Naima Qorane (Nacima Qorane)

> Naima Qorane: poet sentenced by a Somaliland court in 2018 over her pro-unity poetry.

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## Who is she?

Naima Qorane is a Somali writer, poet and pan-Somali activist ([Wikipedia, Naima Qorane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Qorane)).

## Arrest and sentence

In January 2018 [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) security officers arrested her at Hargeisa airport on her return from Mogadishu ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Qorane)). A Somaliland court sentenced her to three years; the cause given was that her poetry called Somaliland a "region" rather than a "country" (same source). She had said she had received death threats for her advocacy, and she reportedly received threats of sexual violence if she did not give up her phone password (same source).

The Guardian described the arrest as part of a broader crackdown, with at least 12 writers, bloggers and activists arrested in Somaliland since December 2017 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Qorane)).

## In short

A poet jailed by a Somaliland court in 2018 for writing of Somaliland as a region of Somalia.

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