Mohamed F Yabarag After nearly four decades, Professor Ahmed I Samatar, the former dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College in Minneapolis and former presidential hopeful in Somalia proper had finally decided to pay his long-awaited visit to his homeland at the connivance of the renegade secessionist enclave of “Somaliland”, who were...
W/Q Idiris M. Cali Waxaad u’kaadisaaba, ood u kuurgashaaba, mar baad la keentaa. Waxaan liqi kari la’aa aaraa’da ku cabbiran tuducda ugu dambaysa ee jiiftada Af-ku-Siran, taas oo guud ahaan innagu hawadinaysa in aynu garanno, kana soo baxno, doorkeenna dadnimo ee nolosha. Waxaan ku talaqaatay, bilaabayna, qalimidda qooraal aan unkaheeda ku weydiinayo cidda ay tahay,...
Qore: Cabdullaahi Janno Magaceyga kuuma sheegayo. Waxaadse ii taqaannaa si qoto dheer. Si ka qoto dheer aqoonta aad adigu isku leedahay. Qabiil aanan ku jirin wuu yar yahay. Waxaan kuu ahay xiddig. Waxaad ii tahay laheyste. Danahaaga ayaad igu aamintay. Oo ammaan iigu dartay. Mowqif iyo mabda’ ma lihi—oo daneyste ayaan ahay. Nasiib wanaag, waa...
Editor’s Note: Strangehorizons recently carried an interview with Sofia Samatar, the author of the novel A Stranger in Olondia. WardheerNews received permission to republish the interview which highlights the work of Sofia Samatar in literature and her mix culture and interest in African studies . ————— By Nic Clarke Sofia has published speculative poetry and short fiction, and related criticism, in...
Mohamed H. Bahal One of my old classmates took the initiative and contacted former class mates of 1963 graduates to commemorate 50th anniversary at Haramaya University, Ethiopia.The idea of getting together with former classmates were unanimously accepted. The meeting was held at the University on July 3-6/2013. One of my first surprises was how the...
Nicola Nasser A fourth wave of the Egyptian revolution seems inevitable, until the revolution changes the regime or the regime emerges victorious, pending another revolution. The January 25 revolution in Egypt, which removed the former president Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011 and, in its second wave, overwhelmed the first anniversary of his elected successor...
Jamal Ali It is spring time in Puntland, Somalia! Puntlanders’ Jasmine Revolution has bloomed and prevented a political power grip! Puntland, which is one of the restive semi-autonomous states of the Federal Republic of Somalia has lately been getting its fair share of political shake-up–with little or no world coverage. Puntlanders were both excited and...
By Osman Hassan Dear Ahmed First Ramadaan Kariim. Secondly, I hope you will allow me to respond through this Open Letter to your recent interview with Universal TV . General Comments This was a superbly articulated interview, truly a vintage Ahmed Ismail Samatar stuff that continues to be the talking point in the social media....
Cabdulqadir Abiikar Xuseen Magaalada Xamar ee caasimada wadanka Soomaaliya waxay leedahay taariikh dheer; laakiin waxaan la ogayn inay lahaan jirtay jid-xadiid ah oo Tareenku maro. Halkan waxaan ku soo koobay cilmi baaris ku aadan Taariikhdaas Tareenka Soomaaliya siday ahaan jirtay, nooca matoorada Tareenka, baaxada dhulkii uu mari jiray ama istaagyada Tareenka iyo taariikh la xariirta gaadiidkaas Soomaaliay...
Muse Farah The government of Somaliland showed unusual nervousness after the Consultative and Rectification Council was recently created. Part of the nervousness is because up until now it had no serious opposition from the parliament or from the political parties. It looks that the long honey moon the government had since winning elections three years...