Baal
The Salt Road Home
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The Salt Road Home
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An independent Somali publishing house
Books that carry a nation’s voice forward.
Baal Publishing brings Somali writers and world literature to readers everywhere — with editorial care, fine production and distribution that reaches from Mogadishu to the diaspora.
- Titles published
- 120+
- Authors & translators
- 85
- Publishing languages
- 3
- Countries reached
- 14
The shop
New & forthcoming
Book of the season
Cities of the Monsoon
“Meticulous, vivid and essential — the definitive history of the coast for a generation.”
Advance praise
The Indian Ocean trade that shaped the Somali coast.
What we do
A complete publishing house, under one roof.
Three specialist divisions work together to take a manuscript from first draft to finished book.
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Daabacaad & Baahin
Printing & Publishing
From ISBN registration to offset and print-on-demand production, we take finished manuscripts to beautifully made books — and put them in bookshops, libraries and online stores.
Learn more 02 Tarjumaad & TifaftirTranslation & Editing
Literary and academic translation between Somali, English and Arabic, with structural editing, copy-editing and proofreading by specialist editors who respect an author’s voice.
Learn more 03 Qurxin & QuraaridDesign & Proofreading
Cover design, typesetting and interior layout crafted to international standards, followed by rigorous final proofing so every page is ready for print.
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A book is the most durable thing a culture makes. We publish with the patience, rigour and craft that such a responsibility deserves.
Our storyThe Journal
News, essays & conversations
Baal Publishing announces its Spring list
Eight new titles in fiction, history and translation arrive this season — here is a first look at what is coming.
Read articleIn conversation: translating poetry between Somali and English
Our translators discuss rhythm, alliteration and the challenge of carrying the gabay into another language.
Read articleWhy the printed book still matters
In an age of screens, the physical book remains the most durable and democratic technology for knowledge.
Read articleCall for manuscripts
Have a book the world should read?
We welcome fiction, poetry, scholarship and translation in Somali, English and Arabic. Every submission is read by our editorial board.