All works by Oubah Osman

Oubah Osman

Oubah Osman is a Somali Canadian writer and poet. She has been published in The Walrus, 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, and The New Quarterly, among other publications. Her chapbook titled Hereditary Blue (2019) was shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. She is an MFA graduate from the University of Guelph. Oubah is currently based in Toronto, Canada.

The Umbrella

Richard brought a painting home. It was a painting of a man holding an umbrella. Or, he wasn’t holding an umbrella. It was a painting of several men falling from the sky like drops of rain. None of those men...