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"No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land."
-- Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire
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Warsan Shire (born 1 August 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher, who was born to Somali parents in Kenya, east Africa. In 2013 she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries. Her words "No one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark", from the poem "Home", have been called "a rallying call for refugees and their advocates". |