Editor’s note: Ali Mumin Ahad is a Somali scholar with multifaceted interests and a personal life story that brought him from Somalia to Italy, and now to Australia. Ali obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics at the Somali National University, and then moved to Italy where he earned his master’s degree in agribusiness at Università...
November 6, 2026
Category: Book Shelf
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Taxanaha Tarjumada Af Soomaaliga ee buugga GUBAN: Cutub-ka II: Xabsi
Qore: Cabdiladiif Cige Tarjume: Boodhari Warsame Yuusuf waxa uu la ashqaraaray magaalada, taa oo ay uga sii dartay sida ba’an ee uu u doonayay in uu mar uun uga gudbo nolosha reer guuraaga ah ee xoolajiridda iyo daajinta aan dhaafin. Carrigan dunida meelaha ugu qallafsan ka mid ah ayay ahayd halkii uu markii ugu horreysay...
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‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia
It began as a protest and became a national talking point. A women’s rights activist reveals what happened when she filmed herself behind the wheel Manal al-Sharif Manal Al-Sharif … ‘I felt I was driving for all Saudi women – and, in a sense, I was.’ Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images In 2011, as the Arab...
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ABDIRAZAK HAJI HUSSEIN: My Role in the Foundation of the Somali Nation-State, A Political Memoir
Book: ABDIRAZAK HAJI HUSSEIN: My Role in the Foundation of the Somali Nation-State, A Political Memoir Author: Abdirazak Haji Hussein Edited by: Abdisalam Issa-Salwe Publication year: 2017 Page count: 412 Pages Publisher: The Red Sea Press Preface Writing a book in which one interweaves one’s own political history with that of the formation of the nation-state is an...
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A Challenging Transition in Somalia: A Book Review
Reviewed by Hassan M. Abukar Book: A Challenging Transition in Somalia Author: Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Length: 180 pages Publisher: The Red Sea Press, Inc. (February 20, 2017) Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” was Somalia’s prime minister for 14 months, from June 2011 to October 2012, and is now the head of Puntland regional government. His new...
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THE SUICIDAL STATE IN SOMALIA: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SIAD BARRE REGIME, 1969–1991- A BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by Prof. Lidwien Kapteijns Book: The Suicidal State in Somalia: The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 1969–1991 Author: Mohamed Haji Ingiriis. Pp: 363 pages Publisher: Lanham, Md.: University Press of America (April 1, 2016) One does not commonly begin a review with commenting on its substandard formal characteristics; even less so, when an author...
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Sahankii Richard Burton ee Bariga Afrika: Balo waa ay dambaysay
Tarjumo & Tifaftir Boodhari Warsame Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waa qeybtii ugu dambeysay ee tarjumaadda buugga Sahankii Richard Burton, oo ka kooban 10 cutub, oo markii ugu horeysay la daabacay 1858. Buugga waxa tarjumay Boodhari Warsame. WardheerNews waxa ay aad ugu mahadnaqeysaa Boodhari oo xil aad u weyn iska saaray sidii uu ugu soo bandhigi lahaa bulshoweynta...
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‘The ruined city of Mogadishu had a hellish feeling’: Helping Somalia’s sick
In this extract from his book, The World’s Emergency Room, Dr Michael Vanrooyen recalls the menace and mayhem of his first humanitarian mission In the midst of Somalia’s civil war in 1992, a UN relief plane arrives at Mogadishu airport with urgent medical supplies. Photograph: Sayyid Azim/AP The moment the back hatch of the C-130...
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Review: ‘The Mayor of Mogadishu,’ by Andrew Harding
NONFICTION: A striking portrait of modern Somalia — told through the job and life of Mogadishu’s mayor. By Mila Koumpilova KATHARINE HOURELD, ASSOCIATED PRESSFile – Mohamud Nur BBC foreign correspondent Andrew Harding’s book “The Mayor of Mogadishu” opens with an arresting scene: An attack by the militant group Al-Shabab is underway at a mosque in...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH KENYAN WRITER AND PHOTOJOURNALIST RASNA WARAH
Editor’s Note: Rasna Warah, a Writer and Photojournalist, is a Kenyan of Indian decent and the author of numerous books including Mogadishu Then and Now (2012), and her most recent book, UNsilenced: Unmasking the United Nations’ culture of cover ups, corruption and impunity (2016). WardheerNews had an in depth interview with Rasna about her books...