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The managing director of the Somali cultural organisation, Kayd, and a confidante of Hadraawi, Ayan Mahamoud, said: "His heart was big enough to accommodate everyone. He was known as 'geed' which means 'tree' in Somali because, like the branches of a tree, he gave shelter to everyone, no matter who they were."