Mohamed Kahiye MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somalia’s annual Mogadishu International Book Fair has resumed following the suspension of the event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions were applied to the invitation-only event this year in order to prevent the … Continued
Reviewed by Adan Makina, WardheerNewsAuthor: Marco ZoppoPublished: Rowman & Littlefield Pages: 246Publication date : August 20, 2021 Editor’s Note: The newly-published book, Horizons of security State and extended family, that was preceded by an interview whose topic was An Interview … Continued
Gorfeyntii: Cali M. Cartan Qoraha buugga: Maxamed Ibraahim Jaamac(Xaaji) Waxaa DHL-ku i soo gaarsiiyay dhiganaha loogu magacdaray Calaf iyo Cugasho, annaga oo dabayaaqo toddobaad oo saddex maalmood oo nasasho ah ku jirna. Calaf iyo Cugasho waxaan u helay jawi deggan … Continued
By Ryan Lenora Brown The Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ famously wrote that “in Africa, when an old man dies, a library burns down.” Shugri Said Salh found herself haunted by those words. She had grown up in a nomadic community … Continued
By Adan Makina The recently published book, Pruning the Youngster by Abdinoor Derow has been in progression for three years, according to the author who painstakingly took the time and energy to make it a reality. Published this year by … Continued
From the introduction: The essence of this attempt at translating some of Chekhov’s short stories has been the fulfilment of the ambitious aim, albeit to a very small degree, of introducing the Somali reader to the cultural world of Chekhov … Continued
Maxaa Soomaali Hoggaan Xumada Baday? Qoraha buugga: Siciid Cali Shire Gorfayntii: Cabdixakiim Diiriye “Raggii madaxdu ka xumaato waa marin habaabaane” Cismaan Yuusuf Keenadiid. Inta aan arkey qeexidda ugu kooban uguna habboon ee hoggaaminta laga bixiyey, waa tan uu doortay qoraa … Continued
By Muhumed M. Muhumed (Khadar “No character in recent Somali history has drawn so much attention from both foreign and indigenous writers as the Sayyid Mahammad ‘Abdille Hasan, known in colonial literature as the ‘Mad Mullah’”1 writes the late Prof. … Continued
By TOM ODHIAMBO Nuruddin Farah is one of East Africa’s most prolific writers. He has written novels, short stories, plays and essays. His work has been translated into several languages. Nuruddin’s first novel, From a Crooked Rib has been in print for … Continued
By Dina Ezzat Anse Seierstad spoke to Dina Ezzat about Two Sisters, her international bestseller about two girls who emigrate from Somalia to Norway only to end up joining IS in Syria In Cairo earlier this month Anse Seierstad, a … Continued
W/Q Maxamed Baashe X. Xasan “Buugga Dharaaraa Ina Soo Maray”, Sooyaalkii iyo Sugantii SNM (1981 – 1993) ee Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale waa xog waayeel oo malaasan iyo kayd dhigaal oo macduun ah. Inta aad is la oggolaanaysaan ayaa boqol jeer … Continued
Editor’s note: Nur Abdi grew up in Somaliland. When the civil war broke out in the 1980s, he left and settled in Canada where he was naturalized in 1994. The Somali Camel Boy (2019) is his debut novel. Dr. Helmi Ben Meriem, … Continued
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