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Maryanné Muse is a writer of Somali Canadian descent whose work lives in the in-between spaces of identity, faith, and cultural memory. Her writing explores what it means to question, to return, and to redefine belonging in the face of communal expectations. Through both fiction and personal narrative, she weaves stories that center introspection, resistance, and the quiet complexities of being seen.

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