Hawa Jibril (1920–2011) was a Somali poet, known especially for her work in the buraanbur genre.
Jibril was born into a nomadic family[1] on the Mudug plateau.
[2] She composed her first poem at the age of twelve, inspired by a family fight.
[4][5] Some of her poems were later compiled and published in English and Somali by her daughter, Faduma Ahmed Alim, under the title And Then She Said, Saa Waxay Tiri.
[1] In 2007, her life and poetry were the subject of a play, Bridge of One Hair.