Literary Career
As a writer, Aw Hirsi has authored numerous books and glossaries including:
- Somali for Icebreaking, 2003
- Drums of War, 2001,
- Things we Have in Common, 2003, and
- (as Adam O'Hirsi) The Somali Court Interpreter, 2005
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