Month: July 2022

Qabiil tax in Somali “academia”

Opinion

Understanding the Qabiil Tax phenomenon among the Somali Intelligentsia; In the last century, most...
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Baxsan; the most decorated and celebrated Somali artist of the 20th century.

Art

By Abdi Mohamud Saynab Haji Ali Baxsan, a well known, respected and beloved Somali singer, passed away in 19th October, 2020 in Mogadishu,...
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Should Somalia forget Egypt’s passivity on the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia?

Opinion

Egypt; “we understood why Ethiopia intervened militarily against Islamists in Somalia” this is despite the earlier Arab consensus that...
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The demise of the BBC Somali Service

Opinion

By Osman Hassan I have worked for the BBC Somali Service as a contributor and staff from 1962 to...
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Warsan Shire; Painting Portraits of Somalis in Exile.

Art

Warsan Shire is a Somali-British writer and poet laureate born in Nairobi but raised in London. She wrote two chapbooks namely...
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What is the Somali Nationhood Agenda?

Opinion

By: Sagal B.H. Musa As a non-politically motivated outsider, I would characterize Somali politics as incoherently tribal and short-sighted....
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