By Abdi Farah JuxaTranslated by Dayib Ahmed Muuna Xaayow was a strikingly beautiful woman whose marriage had been long delayed. She was the eldest of a family of seven siblings, a mix of brothers and sisters. An orphan raised on hope, she had become the head of her household. Coming from a wealthy and influential...
By Abdulkadir Osman Farah, PhD “A government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.” Ibn-Khaldun’s definition of a government[i] [Bulshadeenu waa duul Daacad iyo xishood badan Dun xariira weeyaan Cidna uma darraadaan Dar Allay ku dhaqantaa Dareen waw dhegweyn tahay Ogow doqonse maahee Qofka maamul dalabliyo Dabbaal-joogto hoosiyo Dibindaabyo...
By Daniel Tester; Middle East Eye “Writing the script was completely intuitive,” he says, “it was all about simply writing different characters coming from different corners of actual daily life in Somalia.” With Cannes serving as a tastemaker for the whole film industry, the inclusion of Harawe’s film, The Village Next to Paradise, marks no small milestone,...
Move is in line with Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to create an appealing environment that attracts, invests in, and retains exceptional creative minds RIYADH: Saudi citizenship has been granted to a number of scientists, doctors, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and people who have unique capabilities, expertise, and specializations, Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The granting...
Dr. Helmi Ben Meriem Following the publication of my essay “Early Anglophone Somali Circadian Short Stories (1965-1979): A Thematic Survey with Emphasis on Abdi Sheik Abdi” in Volume 20 of Bildhaan in which I reviewed Ismael Hurreh’s “I, You, the Whorehouse,” I gained access to his 1971 short story “On the World’s Extreme Corner,” which was published under...
Mwingi North MP Paul Nzegu. Image Courtesy Mwingi North Member of Parliament Paul Nzengu has slammed Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale over being reluctant in fighting banditry in his constituency. Speaking on Sunday, January 8 Kaningo market, Nzegu told the former Garissa Township MP to drive away all his camels from Kitui or sell them....
Kindergartners in the St. Cloud school district will soon be able to learn both English and Somali through a dual language immersion program. Students in a dual language immersion program will receive instruction half the day in Somali, and half the day in English. In current research, the dual language immersion model is emerging as...
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...
By Cabdalla Cumar Mansuur Introduction After nearly half a century since the adoption of a writing system, the personal names of Somali people have not yet been standardized and modernized compared to common international use. For this reason, this paper aims at analyzing the problems that this goal faces and at suggesting some solutions which...
LONDON: Mogadishu, Florence, Tuscany, Sardinia, Minneapolis. Somali artist Abdiaziz (Aziz) Osman has called all these places home. In terms of the mastery and execution of his art it is his years spent in Italy, he says, that proved most influential, while in terms of subject matter it is his homeland of Somalia. When he spoke...