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Ramadan Top 30 Illuminator: Sofia Samatar

Each Ramadan, Hayat Life honors 30 extraordinary Cultural Muslims who have been an integral part of shaping and improving our society in the last year, unveiling one Ramadan Top 30 Illuminator each day of the holiday. Some are global pop cultural icons, while others are unsung heroes making extraordinary contributions outside the limelight.

In that spirit, we are honored to present:

Sofia Samatar: Somali-American Author Chronicles Unique Heritage

With a Mennonite mother and Somali Muslim father, Sofia Samatar comes from a truly unique background. The academic, poet, and writer of epic works of both fiction and nonfiction traced her own background in the sprawling memoir The White Mosque, which chronicles her physical and ancestral journey through Uzbekistan.

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