Idris Youssouf Elmi is currently a consultant and lecturer, writer, and publisher, was previously an educator at the University of Djibouti. A researcher in sociolinguistics and educational sciences, he directed the Institute of Languages and Cultures at the Djibouti Center for Studies and Research. He served as Vice-Minister at the Ministry of Communication and Culture. Today, as the founder of Deeqsan Publishing, he publishes works in African languages, in addition to French, English, and Arabic. He can be reached at X/Twitter.