The Somali Sufi poet, Sheekh Caaqib Cabdilaahi, uses the setting of an arbitration council as a stage for the personification of two of human natures most common vices.
At this council, Pride and Greed are the disputants who have come to express their grievances with one another and to seek to obtain the sympathy of the judges.
Pride and Greed are disputing over a matter
let people assemble for they want to be heard…
