Prof. Said S. Samatar Editor’s note: Today, November 24, 2016 marks the 12th anniversary of WardheerNews. To commemorate this occasion and one of the greatest scholars Somali speaking people have produced, the late Professor Said Samatar, contribution to WardheerNews, we would like to re publish Sarbeer: The Art of Oblique Communication in Somali Culture. Sarbeeb...
By Jon Bream, Star Tribune A newly awarded $500,000 grant will enable the Cedar Cultural Center to set up multiweek residencies for Somali artists at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, St. Cloud State University and Minnesota State University, Mankato. The grant was one of five awarded by the Assocation of Performing Arts Presenters for its “Building Bridges:...
W.T. Maxamed Hiirad Maansadan waxaan kaga sheekaynayaa dadka Soomaaliyeed meesha xaaladdoodu maanta marayso. Dawlad iyo qaranimo ma jirto. Dhaqan iyo xishood ma jiro. Xigto iyo ixtiraamkeed ma jiro. Sidaasaa lagu wada heshiiyey. Gabagabdii waa quus. Waxaanse ku faraxsanahay in aanan wax badan sii joogi doonin. Waxaan ahay nin dhowriyo toban Da’du boqol ka dhimantahay Dhaayaha araggu...
By KHAINGA O’OKWEMBA “Whenever the legendary Maxamed Ibraahin Warsame ‘Hadraawi’ described as the greatest living Somali poet, walked from the conference hall, he was mobbed by the crowd.” That’s how I annotated my essay when I first met Hadraawi in Djibouti in 2012. I would sue for an interview. But it was difficult to get...
Tarjumo & Tifaftir Boodhari Warsame Kugu daalin maayo gacaliye L[umsdenoow] faallada 26 maalmood oo aan wax la sheegaa dhicin, isu wada eg, oo aan wax xiise ah lahayn. Maalmo hurdo, beeb nuugid iyo qaxweysi Saylac la isku dhaafshay uun iska dheh. Intii waddo lagu safro la sii raadinayay, dalmariyeyaal ayaa la sii xulay, awr gaadiid...
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 Said Jama Hussein Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, born in Ma’arrat al-No’man, Syria in 973, was a well known Arab philosopher, poet and a writer. Blinded at an early age, he was stern advocate of social justice and lived a secluded, ascetic lifestyle. A rationalist who strongly believed that reason is the chief source of truth.The...
W/T Abwaan Maxamed Hiirad Gabaygan Qabyaaladdiid waa gabay aan ku tix gelinayo abwaankii caanka ahaa Alle naxariisti jano ha siiyee abwaan Cabdullaahi Suldaan Tima Cadde, oo si kooban kelmado dhaxal gal noqday ka yidhi Soomaalida iyo qabyaaladda. Gabaygaa Tima Cadde waxaa ka mid ah meeriska “dugsi maleh qabyaaladdi, waxay dumiso mooyaane” Abwaanku gabaygaa wuxuu mariyey...
W/Q Idiris Maxamed Cali ARAR: Waraaqdani waxa ay soo bandhigaysaa hab ku salaysan xisaabta racaynta oo lagu tirakoobi karo xubnaha maansada. Habkani waxa uu aragti ahaan caddaynayaa in tirada xubnaha maansadu tahay, ugu yaraan, 7735—taas oo ay xubin waliba leedahay qaabdhismeed u goonni ah, oo ay kaga soocan tahay xubnaha kale. Waxa kale oo ay...
Editor’s Note: Peaking into the rich WDN archives full of ten years of rare collection of historical pieces, news, commentary, opinion as well as cultural and poetry analysis and writing from across the globe, we come upon a jewel, a rarity, a genius piece of writings, honest and true and free of bias. Indeed, it could...