Yusuf Omar Yusuf Omar i(A133886 works by)
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1993
Heritage: Somali
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Yusuf Omar left Somalia in 1990. He travelled to the Sudan and Malaysia before spending two years in an Australian detention centre. Omar was a founding member of the Somali Youth Association in Melbourne and he has hosted poetry workshops for Somali young people. Omar has undertaken PhD studies at La Trobe University.

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