Souad Kassim Mohamed (; born 30 November 1976) is a Djiboutian linguist, scholar and playwright.

Biography

Mohamed was born in 1976. She studied in France at

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in Saint-Etienne, the

University of Burgundy The University of Burgundy Europe (, UBE; formerly known as University of Dijon) is a public university located in Dijon, France. The University of Burgundy Europe is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the eastern part of Dijon cal ...

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, and the

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(INALCO) in Paris. She has researched the cultural practices of Yemeni migrants in

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, Djibouti, putting forward the theory that Ambouli

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have taken a form of "social revenge" by studying French to become officials and landowners. Djibouti was formerly a French colony and attracted migration, particularly that of merchants, in the 20th century. Mohamed has also studied trends in oral traditions in the

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. Mohamed has critiqued literary stereotypes of the sterile and cursed woman, through writing the play ''Un enfant a tout prix'' (A Child at Any Price), which explores the common belief that infertility in marriage must be the woman's problem. With Marine Larocca of the French Institute of Djibouti, Mohamed published ''Teaching French in secondary schools in Djibouti: What place for linguistic variation?'' She has contributed to publications including ''Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC).'' She works as a senior lecturer in linguistics and French

didactics A didactic method (from ''didáskein'', "to teach") is a teaching method that follows a consistent scientific approach or educational style to present information to students. The didactic method of instruction is often contrasted with dialecti ...

at the University of Djibouti.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohamed, Souad Kassim 1976 births Living people Djiboutian women writers 21st-century Djiboutian people Linguists of Arabic Linguists of French Jean Monnet University alumni University of Burgundy alumni Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales alumni Academic staff of the University of Djibouti