Maxamuud Xarbi (1921-1960) a Somali hero that warrants eternal remembrance for he was one of the few Somali historical characters that put the dream of universal Somali brotherhood on a massive pedestal. His life account is all too known and his mysterious murder still lingers the mind of the Somali oldies. Maxamuud Xarbi shared the […]
Oct 27 2015
Maxamuud Xarbi: We must achieve independence, we prefer death to life under the aegis of imperialism
Oct 22 2015
Baardheere Religious Scholars
Illustrations of Baardheere’s (Gedo) past traditional Islaamic scholars. They were part of a community (Jamaaca) established in Baardheere in 1819/1821 by Sheekh Ibraahim Xasan Yeberow, a Sufi reformer. What was distinctive about this establishment is that in an age where Somalis were divided along clan lines; this particular community was compromised of hundreds of students […]
Oct 22 2015
Fiinlow
In a small village named Fiinlow (south-west of Marka), a war campaign by a formidable Somali force was mounted close to 120 years ago. A village forever engraved in Somalia’s history, where over thousands of Somali warriors lost their lives resisting colonial rule against a well-armed colonial force. It was a campaign carefully coordinated with […]
Oct 10 2015
Brief diary of my April trip to Somaliland and Muqdisho Part 2
We embarked on our journey to Burco city- a 120-mile of tarred road, passing by crags and pinnacles of bush and tree-clad escarpments. There were some military checkpoints but they were usually manned by a single soldier. Most of them wave you through with no accompanying hassling. We approached the outskirt of Burco. On the […]
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