By Ismail H. Warsame I met with the late Poet Khalif Sheikh Mohamoud on numerous occasions. He was a modest and humble young man, not keen at talking at all, when he was among his friends, but always attentive, a rather reserved and even shy. Unlike many of the Somali poets, singers, and artists at...
By WardheerNews The grim and sad situation in the dysfunctional state of Somalia, whether the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, or the South with its tiring political quackmire, Al-Shabab and famine ridden stories, constitute the background for all the political and cultural activities by Somalis taking place anywhere in the world today. In that context, the most...
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By Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal 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 writing, honest and true and...
W/T Faarax Cali Gamuute Halkii Cali Sugulle weeye oo: “waxa uurka jiifuu afku kaa xadaa”. Dibnuhu amar kaama qaataan”.Adoo yidhi baad is argtaa. Alle u naxariisagii Cabdi Iidaanna, waxaa laga reebay:“Shalmadi koore raacdaye wax baan; sheedda ka arkaaye”. Anse yay ila ordine waxaan; arar ku seeteeyay, Inaabsi baa odhanaaya: Amaano eegga way irdhawdayoo Amaah ku...
By Said M-Shidad Hussein Why did some Egyptologists go to the extent that they think the Egyptian was originated from the Somali while others view that as a strange idea? Naturally an answer for that kind of question should principally lay with investigating the background of the Somali language by a relevant linguistic comparison. In...
By Hudhaifah Siyad We always get moved by street kids’ life hustles, struggles and how they got neglected by their families, yet at most times people take no effort to help them. Actually most people want the street kids off the streets. This poem is written from the perspective of a street kid. If I...
Foreword /Hordhaca Qoraha I would just like to take a moment to revisit the time, and especially the context i.e. my mindset- around the beginnings of my encounter with Boodhari Warsame, the translator. I had my own reasons for writing the work in English. Primarily, it was an attempt to critique, present, and to conceptually...
W/Q Georgi Kapchits Si xiise leh, ayaan u akhristay maqaal uu qoray Ibraahim M. Deeq uuna magac uga dhigay “Kala Miirka Maahmaah iyo Odhaah, Gabay iyo Hees”, waxayna ila noqotay in maqaalku uu mudan yahay in laga faalloodo, siiba qaybtiisa ku saabsan maahmaahyada iyo odhaahyada. Qoraagu aad buu uga welwelsan yahay in si qumman loo...