He carries home in the way he walks: an elegant, loose strut. He wears home on his skin in the form of attar, a delicious perfume that makes me dream of Somali coastlines, places where children play football amidst colonial ruins, and young men like Korfa flee in darkness on boats to Yemen and Kenya, determined never to look back.
-Diriye Osman
Select a background
More quotes by Diriye Osman
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.