Qoraaga Gorfeynta: Ibraahim Aaden ShireQoraaga buugga: Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur Adkaysi waa buug cusub oo soo baxay 1-dii Disember 2024. Waxaan nasiib u yeeshay in aan ka mid noqdo dhowrkii qof ee ugu horreysay ee buugga la siiyo inta uusan suuqa imaan. Fiidnamadii Isniinta taariikhdu ahayd 18/11/2024 ayuu xildhibaan Cabdiraxmaan i guddoonsiiyay buugga goor aan ugu tagay...
Qoraaga Buugga: Yuusuf Maxamad Xayd Gorfeyntii: Axmed Macallin Siciid M. Buugga “QAXOOTI” ‘xasuusaha qaxii ka dhashay dagaalkii sokeeye ee Soomaaliya ee 1991’, waa buug xusuus qor ah oo ka warramaya dhibaatooyinkii, diihaalkii, silicii iyo saxariirkii uu baday dadka Soomaaliyeed qaranjabkii ku habsadey qarankoodii. Qoraagu buuggiisan waxa uu si toos ah ula mataaneeyey oo uu dabasocdaa...
By Adan Makina This is an excerpt from Author Adan Makina’s upcoming book: “The Tatar Invasions of Muslim Lands: from Islamic and secular perspectives.” This chapter is exclusive to Tamerlane who is considered the toughest and the last of the Turco-Mongol Sunni-Muslim conquerors who broke the ranks of the Mongols and finally sent their remnants...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. IssaAuthor: Ibrahim FarahPublisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers LtdPages: 202Publication date: 2020 Somali foreign policy received less scholarly attention. Ibrahim Farah’s book is a welcome attempt to write the history of Somali foreign policy from 1960 to 1990. This book, which began as a Ph.D. thesis for Nairobi University, explores the application of state...
By Abdinoor Maalim Derow Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of soon to be released book “Youth & Truth: De-Westernizing the Mind” written by Abdinur Maalim. Youth and Trush is an amalgamation of numerous studies that are part historical and historiographical, psychiatrically tantalizing, philosophical and its branches that bring together ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics,...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. IssaAuthor: Mohamed Issa TrunjiPublisher: Looh PressPages: 224Publication date: 2023 Mohamed Issa Turunji is an octogenarian who served the Somali government in various capacities from 1962 to 1991. When the Civil War erupted in 1991, he joined the United Nations Agency for Refugees until his retirement in 2005. Despite his advanced age, he did...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. Issa Editors: Tobias Hagmann and Finn StepputatPublisher: Hurst PublisherPages: 274Publication date: 2023 Trade Makes States is an interesting addition on the growing corpus on the debates of Somali state formation. The book, edited by Tobias Hagmann and Finn Stepputat, explores the governance of trade within the context of limited statehood and the interaction between the...
By Abdinoor Derow As a nomad child raised in the rugged, unforgiving terrain of North Eastern province, I was never afforded the same opportunities as other children in the country, let alone those in the bustling metropolis of Nairobi. As a young boy growing up in a breathtaking hamlet that is domiciled in the midst of stunningly...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. IssaAuthor: Hussein Khalif Jama Language: Somali Publisher: Ciid Publisher Pages: 300Publication date: 2021 What drives a young medical student to take up arms against his government? This is the central question explored by Labo Isma Saarin, a memoir by Hussein Khalif Jama, a former official of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), the first liberation...
By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks A story about a monkey outsmarting a deceitful crocodile sounds like a typical children’s book readily available on library shelves. But traditional Somali fables like “Daanyeerkii Caqliga Badnaa” are hard to find in the United States — particularly bilingual versions in both Somali and English. Several Somali families in Seattle have come together...