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First Pages Readings PodcastEpisode 65: Non-Fiction and MemoirThe Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert, A Memoir by Shugri Said SalhThe Pianist From Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier, translated by Emanuel BergmannA Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon2024-03-0515 min
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastThe Ruptures of Leaving: Women Writers on MigrationGabriela Garcia, Masha Rumer, Shugri Said Salh, Susie Meserve How do immigrant mothers navigate the world, and what do they leave their daughters when they go? Join Susie Meserve in conversation with three writers focusing on matrilineal lineages: Gabriela Garcia (“Of Women and Salt”); journalist Masha Rumer (“Parenting with an Accent”); and Shugri Said Salh (“The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert”). We’ll discuss the power of storytelling to connect grandmothers to mothers to daughters even when they no longer share a nationality.2022-11-031h 03
From Sparks to Light - Inspiring Stories for Challenging TimesThe Possibility in Story: Shugri Said SalhMy guest this week is Shugri Said Salh, the author of the beautiful memoir, The Last Nomad, Coming of Age in the Somali Desert and the passage comes from a novel she’s currently working on.Shugri’s is the story of a woman who grew up in a culture very different from our own. A “spare daughter” she was sent to live with her nomadic grandmother in the desert at the age of 6. She tells the story of chasing warthogs, standing on termite mounds and listening for the sounds of predators in the distance as she watched...2022-09-2255 min