Works
Keenadiid's best-known book is the dictionary that was the only standard Somali dictionary for decades:
- Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 1976 Mogadishu/Firenze, Wasaradda Hiddaha iyo Taclinta Sare,
Akademyaha Dhaqanqa.
He is also known as an influential literary scholar:
- 1984 Ina Cabdille Xasan e la sua attività letterararia, Naples, Instituto Universitario Orientale
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