Qabiil tax in Somali “academia”
Understanding the Qabiil Tax phenomenon among the Somali Intelligentsia; In the last century, most...
Baxsan; the most decorated and celebrated Somali artist of the 20th century.
By Abdi Mohamud Saynab Haji Ali Baxsan, a well known, respected and beloved Somali singer, passed away in 19th October, 2020 in Mogadishu,...
Should Somalia forget Egypt’s passivity on the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia?
Egypt; “we understood why Ethiopia intervened militarily against Islamists in Somalia” this is despite the earlier Arab consensus that...
The demise of the BBC Somali Service
By Osman Hassan I have worked for the BBC Somali Service as a contributor and staff from 1962 to...
Warsan Shire; Painting Portraits of Somalis in Exile.
Warsan Shire is a Somali-British writer and poet laureate born in Nairobi but raised in London. She wrote two chapbooks namely...
What is the Somali Nationhood Agenda?
By: Sagal B.H. Musa As a non-politically motivated outsider, I would characterize Somali politics as incoherently tribal and short-sighted....