Packet 1: Tossup 17

Stringing Coral Beads collects Sufi poetry from this country written in its endangered Chimwiini (“chee-MWEE-nee”) language. Canadian author Margaret Laurence collected tales of Wiil Waal from this country in A Tree for Poverty, which features a gabay (“GAH-bye”) by the rebel who inspired Ignorance Is the Enemy of Love. Jan Potocki’s (“po-TOT-ski’s”) grandson quoted heello (“HAIL-lo”) songs in his hunting travelogue on this country, which Richard Burton called a “nation of poets.” (-5[1])A male author from this country was mistaken (10[1])for a woman after he created the (10[1])pregnant runaway Ebla. Many belwo love poems (-5[1])were written by (-5[1])this country’s “Shakespeare,” Hadraawi, who used its wadaad script. (10[1])A (10[1])Nobel (10[1])Prize nominee from this country wrote From a Crooked Rib (10[2]-5[2])and depicted (10[1])Askar’s (10[2])wartime adoption in Maps, the first entry in his Blood in the Sun trilogy. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this homeland of Nuruddin Farah. (0[1])■END■ (10[1]0[13])

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