Soomaali: Gabaygan waxaa tiriyey Abwaan Cige Aw Cali. Gabaygan wuxuu inugu tusaaleynayaa Abwaanka heerarka kala duwan ee uu qofku maro, laga soo bilaabo markuu calloosha gali iyo ilaa uu ciroolenimo gaaro: Markii hore Candhuuf baan ahaa Caano oo kale’e, Markii xigey Casaan Dhiigahoo Cad iyo Jiidh yeeshay, Markii xigey Calooshii Haween yaan ku cararaayey, Markii […]

Soomaali: Maxamed Cabdulle Xalane wuxuu 1943-kii ku dhashay Ceelbuur, wuxuunna Xoogga Dalka ku biiray bishii Juun 20-keeddii 1960kii. Waxaa lagu dilay dagaalkii kowaad ee dhexmaray Soomaaliya iyo Itoobiya sanadkii 1964. Jaalle Siyaad oo ka hadlaya taariikhda Maxamed Cabdulle Xalane, wuxuu yiri: Aan ka taariikheeyo Maxamed Cabdulle Xalane, wuxuu ahaa nin askari ah oo Amxaaradu ku […]

Xaaji Aadan Axmed Xasan Af-Qalooc (1871 – 1986), was a prominent and a fervent anti-colonial poet. Born in Erigabo (Ceerigabo), he didn’t shy away from speaking his mind against the colonial occupation in Somalia. His poetry has been collected in a number of volumes during the Kacaan era and post-1991 Somalia. Here is one of […]

Ali was born in the Hobyo district of Mudug in 1927. At the age of 17, he joined the Signal Corps of the British Occupation Forces in 1944 where he took upon radio engineering. As it was the norm of many Somali activists at that time, he joined the incipient Somali Youth League in 1944 […]

Figure 1 illustrates a marbled mihrab (niche) inside the Fakhr Al-Din Masjid in XamarWeyne (HamarWeyne). It is perhaps one of the oldest Islamic sites in Somalia. It was constructed by one Xaaji bin Maxamed bin Cabdallah in the month of Shacban of the year 667 after Hijra (AD 1269). The Ayaatul al-Kursi (Throne Verse) is […]