Editor’s Note: Said Shidad is an accomplished researcher, essayist, and Somali historian and has been a frequent contributor to WardheerNews . In this interview, Said gives us a glimpse of Somali pre-history, pinpoints significant historical sites within Somali territories that remain to be unearthed, touches on Somali ancestry, and the excavations that were carried out...
April 16, 2025
Category: History
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Somalia: Nomadic Individualism and the Rule of Law
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The Ancient Kingdom of Punt and its Factor in Egyptian History: Further Linguistic Evidences
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WHY DON’T (YOU) ETHIOPIA AND LIBYA UNITE? Part II
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The global war between the bearded and the clean – shaven
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WHY DON’T (YOU) ETHIOPIA AND LIBYA UNITE?
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Tol Waa Nin Qumman Qabanqaabadiis iyo Nin Qalloocan Qabanqaabadiis
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Herdsman, Townsman, American: My Segmented Life
By Prof Said S. Samatar Can a case be made that adults are educable? I’ve lived a life of segmented improbabilities. I was born and raised a camel herder in the over-heated sand dunes of Ethiopia’s eastern Ogaden (Somali region), between a place called Qari-Jaqood and another called Jiriiban (from “Jirriban,” or “Land of Torture,”...
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The Somali Federation: Crossing the Initial Hurdles
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Nabatean-Arabic missing link: ‘Oldest’ inscription found in Najran
In this May 10, 2012 file photo, a picture shows the Abu Lawha, the largest Nabataean tomb at the desert archaeological site of Madain Saleh, in Al Ula city, 1043 km northwest of the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP) A Saudi-French archaeological team has unearthed in Najran what might be considered the oldest inscription in...