Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. Issa Author: Markus Hoehne Publisher: Rift Valley InstitutePages: 182Publication date : 2015 On 26th December 2022, an unarmed civilian was killed in Laacaanood. The killing was the last in a string of assassinations that began in 2009, two year after Somaliland captured the town from Puntland. By the end of December 2022, the citizens...
Reviewed by: Adan Makina Author: Dr. Georgi Kapchits Publisher: Hill Press Editor’s Note: WardheerNews, the most scholarly and journalistic digitized online magazine in the Horn of Africa wishes to share with its readers a review of the recently published book Isha Cumar ka lulata/The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folk Tales by Author Georgi...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. Issa Author: Afyare Abdi Elmi Publisher: Pluto Press Pages: 216 Publication date: 2010 The Publication of this book coincides with the occupation of Ethiopian troops in the capital city of Somalia and much of south-central regions. This incursion was carried out under the banner of the misguided US “war on terror”...
Reviewed by : Abdirahman A. Issa Book: SafiirkaAuthor: Peter BridgesPublisher: Kent State University PressPages: 266 Language: EnglishPublication date: 2000 Peter Bridges is an American career diplomat who has served in American foreign service for three decades. He was posted in Panama, Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Italy before being appointed ambassador to Somalia in the mid-eighties. In...
Reviewd by Abdirahman Issa Book: Back to MogadishuAuthor: Mohamed Aden SheikhPublished Independently published Pages: 389 Publication date: 2021 Mohamed Aden Sheikh was a surgeon by profession and educated in Italy. He served a long time as Minister of Health and later for a brief stint as Minister of culture and information for The Military regime ....
Han iyo Hagardaamo waa buug cusub oo uu qoray Maxamuud Ibraahim jaamac (Xaaji), waana sheeko-faneed qaadaadhigaysa hanka durugsan iyo haybadda waxsoosaar ee Ilaah hibada u siiyay walaalaheena gabooye. Waxaa barbar socda taas, hagardaamada iyo hantaaqada ay Soomaalida kale ku hayaan walaalahaas Gabooye iyo ka abaaldhicidda laga abaaldhacayo horumarka iyo ilbaxnimada ay ummaddeena horseedka ugu yihiin....
Reviewed by Abdi Issa and Gaaruun YalaxAuthor: Abdi Ismail SamatarPublished: Red Sea PressPages: 212Publication date : 2022 Abdi Samatar’s new book Framing Somalia Beyond Africa’s Merchants of Misery is another well-reasoned and researched take down on the status quo of his country, Somalia. Professor Samatar displayed through the pages of this well-timed book, his age...
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 with Dr. Marco Zoppi, WardheerNews Books Review Section is delighted to share with you the...
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 Audi Publishers of Nairobi, Kenya, the book deeply focuses on the best ways of upbringing...
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 Siciid, taas oo hoggaaminta ku macneysey in ay tahay, “Hab hawlo dad badani qabanayaan loogu...