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
W.Q. Mustafa Fayruus Daahfurka ‘Bandhigga Baydhowa’ ayay ku curatay bishan Agoosto, halka bishii Luulyo lagu sagootiyay daahfurka ‘Bandhigga Buuggaagta Boorama’. Labadan bandhig waxay ugu da`yar yihiin carwooyin sannadle ah laguna magacaabo ‘Bandhigyada Buugta’, tiro ahaanna xilligan sagaal ah, oo dhowr … Continued
W/Q Muuse M. Ciise Buugga: Axmed Siilaaanyo Nin Tacab Badan Geliyay Qarannimada Qoraha: Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf CartanTirada boggoga: 387 Shirkadda daabacday: Ponte Invisibile (Redsea-online)ISBN: 88-88934-65-0 EAN: 9788888934655Lagu daahfuray Hargesa: 2019-05-01 Maalin axad ah oo ku beegan 23-kii bisha Juun sannadkan 2019-ka … Continued
W.Q. Bare Sare Mustafa Fayruus Maana-faay waa sheeko-faneed soo baxday 1979, iyadoo taxane maalinle ah ayayna ku soo bixi jirtay Wargeyska Xiddigta Oktoobar, si aad ahna waa loo jeclaystay. Kaddibna waxaa laga dhigay buug ah nooca sheeko dheer ama ‘qiso’ … Continued
Fred Morton n September 1888, the HMS Osprey serving in the Royal Navy’s anti-slave trade mission in the Red Sea, based in Aden, intercepted three dhows embarked from Rahayta and Tadjoura on the Ethiopia coast. Aboard were 204 boys and … Continued
By KEVIN J. KELLEY Successes and failures in Kenya’s eight-year-long military campaign against al-Shabaab are examined in a recently published history of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). Kenya’s 4000-plus troops have contributed to Amisom’s rollback of territory controlled … Continued
Habso Mohamud grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya and has something to say to children around the world: “We are the agents of change.” By Marta Martinez and Arielle Moncure “I wish I was the queen of the jungle,” … Continued
By Abdullahi Ali, Yusuf Yusuf, and Mohamed Awil Abdi Iftin, a Somali refugee who grew up in war-torn Mogadishu, recently wrote a memoir describing his experiences in Somalia and his journey to the United States. This book could have been … Continued
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