Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
From 7 July to 18 August 2025

Ubah Cristina Ali Farah was born in 1973. She is a Somali-Italian poet, novelist, playwright and librettist who lives and works in Brussels. Her work has been translated into several languages and boasts a collection of short stories titled Le ceneri della fenice e altri racconti (Hopefulmonster, 2022) and novels, including, Madre piccola (2007; Little Mother, IUP, 2011; Zulma Editions, 2023), Il comandante del fiume (2014; The Commander of the River, IUP, 2022), and Le stazioni della luna (The Stations of the Moon, June, 2021). In Little Mother, the author tackles the question of human ties within a diaspora and tells the story of a woman and young Somali man living in exile in Rome. Their mastery of the same language inevitably creates a lasting bond.