Scholars and religious figures
Souad Kassim Mohamed
Souad Kassim Mohamed (born 30 November 1976) is a Djiboutian linguist, scholar and playwright, and senior lecturer in linguistics and French teaching at the University of Djibouti. She has studied Yemeni migrants in Ambouli and oral traditions in the Horn of Africa, and wrote the play Un enfant à tout prix about blame for childlessness.
Souad Kassim Mohamed
- Lived
- 1976-11-30 to today
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Souad Kassim Mohamed is a Djiboutian linguist, scholar and playwright, born on 30 November 1976 (Wikipedia, 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). 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).
In short
A Djiboutian linguist and playwright who studies language, migration and oral tradition.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Souad Kassim Mohamed · en.wikipedia.org
Souad Kassim Mohamed
- Lived
- 1976-11-30 to today
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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