In recent months, the troubling trend of Somali poets, particularly from Northern Somalia, joining Al Shabaab has ignited debates about the interplay between art, resistance, and militancy. Poetry, historically regarded as a voice of the people, has often been employed as a political tool in the Somali peninsula. Prominent figures like Hadraawi, Gaarriye, Maruuryoode Abdi Mohamed Amiin, Dhoodaan, et al….
