Cristina Ali Farah

In 2019, she was part of a panel discussion on the theme of Identity at the Alpine Fellowship.

She participated in the University of Iowa's prestigious International Writing Program in Fall 2017 and she has been invited to the MEET (Maison des Ecrivains et Traducteurs de Saint-Nazaire) Residency 2018.

For some time, Farah also contributed to Somali linguistic studies at the linguistic department of the Third University of Rome, participating in the "Scritture migranti" ("migrant writing") conference that was held between November–December 2004 in Campidoglio in Rome. She participated in the fifth Migrant Italian Writers Seminar organized by Sagarana in July 2005.

In 2007, she published her first novel, Madre piccola ("Little Mother"). In 2014 she published her second novel, "Il comandante del fiume". ISBN 978-8896538-95-1

In 2006, Farah won the national literary competition, "Lingua Madre" ("Mother Tongue"), promoted by the Women Thoughts Studies Center. She was also honored by the city of Torino at the International Torino Book Fair.

In December 2005, she presented her work at Brown University (USA) during the "Migrations and Literature in contemporary Italy" conference, and at Columbia University in New York City during the "Italians tales" course presented by Paolo Valesio, chair of the Italian department.

Since 1999, Farah has been involved in intercultural education with projects developed for students, teachers and female immigrants revolving around tales, post-colonial literature and immigration topics. In these areas, she has collaborated with various Italian associations and NGOs such as Cies, Candelaria, Kel'lam, the Intercultural Forum of Caritas, and l'Ass. Prezzemolo.

Born in Italy to a Somali father and an Italian mother, Farah grew up in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She attended an Italian school there until the Somalia Civil War broke out in 1991.

Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian writer of Somali and Italian origin.