# Souad Kassim Mohamed

> Souad Kassim Mohamed (b.1976): Djiboutian linguist and playwright at the University of Djibouti.

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## Who is she?

Souad Kassim Mohamed is a Djiboutian linguist, scholar and playwright, born on 30 November 1976 ([Wikipedia, Souad Kassim Mohamed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souad_Kassim_Mohamed)). She studied in France at Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne, the University of Burgundy in Dijon, and INALCO in Paris (same source). She is a senior lecturer in linguistics and French teaching at the University of Djibouti (same source).

## Research

She has researched the Yemeni community of Ambouli in Djibouti, arguing that they used French education to become officials and landowners, which she calls a form of "social revenge" ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souad_Kassim_Mohamed)). She has also studied oral traditions in the Horn of Africa (same source). With Marine Larocca of the French Institute of Djibouti she published a study of linguistic variation in French teaching in Djibouti's secondary schools (same source).

## Playwright

Her play *Un enfant à tout prix* ("A child at any price") examines the common belief that a childless marriage is always the woman's fault ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souad_Kassim_Mohamed)).

## In short

A Djiboutian linguist and playwright who studies language, migration and oral tradition.

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