Yasmeen Maxamuud

Yasmeen Maxamuud is a writer who began writing to tell the stories of the Somali Diaspora community in America. Influenced by a rich Somali poetic life and the vivid stories of women, Yasmeen began eavesdropping on women gatherings where women leisurely exchanged stories. This constant curiosity coupled with nightly story telling as a child has had a lasting effect on the way her stories are woven to capture the aroma, texture and layers that mark her unique style of storytelling.