Khalif Farah Hayir
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Khaliif Faarax Hayir (Af Soomaali: Khaliif Faarax Xayir) is a Somalian poet who uses the Geeraar style of poetry.
Hayir or Khaliif Xayir, as he is known in Af Soomaali, often creates patriotic poems as well as poems addressing various Somali social issues. Khalif's poems are so far available only in Af Soomaali. He contributed to a "Greeted Chain" poems meeting held in Abudwak[1] and broadcast on Radio Abudwak.
Since 2008, Hayir has created poems much appreciated inside Somalia and the Somali diaspora in Europe and North America.
"Hearbroken"[2] (Af Soomaali: Qarracan) is the poem that made Hayir a young famous poet across Somalia.