By Asha Abdalla Editor’s note’s : This is an excerpt from an upcoming book titled Somalia failing due to bad leadership by Asha Ahmed Abdalla, a political activist and former parliamentarian and Assistant Minister. __________ With the formation of a new government in the millennium year of 2000, one could sense the prevailing political conflagration...
Tarjumo & Tifaftir Boodhari Warsame Hordhac Akristeyaasha sharfanoow, waxa hortiinna yaal ee aan idin la wadaagayaa waa iskudayga tarjumid buug caan ah oo qoraa caan ahi ka qoray socdaal sahan ahaa oo uu sannadkii 1854tii ku maray inta u dhexaysa Berbera ilaa Harar, isaga oo waagaa xagga Badda Cas (Cadan) uga soo tallaabay carriga Soomaaliyeed....
By Michela Wrong (Photo: Getty) The highlight for me this year was the South African writer Jonny Steinberg’s A Man of Good Hope (Cape, £18.99), hugely topical at a time when Europe is contemplating what it means to be a refugee. I’ve repeatedly found myself recommending it to friends. Steinberg is a novelist camouflaging himself...
By Asha Abdalla Editor’s note’s : This is an excerpt from an upcoming book titled Somalia failing due to bad leadership by Asha Ahmed Abdalla, a political activist and former parliamentarian and Assistant Minister. _________________ The Arta Peace Process brought together an amalgamation of people of mystifying characters and fashions’ representing the multicultural mix of...
By Asha Ahmed Abdalla Editor’s note’s : This is an excerpt from an upcoming book titled Somalia failing due to bad leadership by Asha Ahmed Abdalla, a political activist and former parliamentarian and Assistant Minister. __________ Columbus, Ohio It was a nice, splendid lovely afternoon in Columbus, Ohio at 12:30 PM in the Summer of...
Reviewed by Sirad Shirdon Author: Said Salah Ahmed Illustrator: Kelly Dupre Publisher: Minnesota Humanities Commission; Bilingual edition (January 2007) Qayb Libaax (The Lion’s Share) is a storybook rendition of a popular folktale in Somali culture. The book is one of four, published as a part of the Somali Bilingual Book Project of the Minnesota Humanities...
By Abdulahi Ahmed (Somaliyow) Editor’s note: Istunka- A Yearly Ritual is an excerpts from the book Somali Folk Dance written by Abdulahi Ahmed (Somaliyow), a librarian at the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library. Somali Folk Dances is a great book with beautiful illustrations. It’s a fascinating and great contribution to this rare and...
A novelist whose stories focus on human rights risks a visit to Somalia By Corban Addison Corban Addison’s novel The Tears of Dark Water—about Somali pirates, kidnapping, and the destruction wrought by al-Shabab—is out in October from Thomas Nelson. “I need to go to Mogadishu.” I was in the kitchen washing dishes when I first...
W/Q: Faarax Maxamuud Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waa cutub ka ma mid buugga Saxarla, ee uu qoray Faarax Maxamuud. Saxarla waa sheeko si wacan u iftiiminaysa dhibta iyo darxumadda la soo darista caruurta ku korta rajo ahaan ama aan helin waalid xanaaneeya. Saxarla waa sheeko aan ka fogeyn dhacdooyinka ka jira ama la soo darsa caruur badan...
By Yusuf Haid Editors Note: A Mogadishu ‘Killing Field’ is an excerpt from an upcoming book, titled ‘The Somali Clan War’, written by Yusuf Haid, a former head of the Somali Broadcasting Service (Radio Hargeisa and Mogadishu) and Somali National Television. The book is a collection of journal entries of the 1991 Somali civil war...