“…a blessed boy will be born of the al-Shaashi who will come from the family of the father Amiin Imanka, and will be widely known in the Islamic countries..” – Quote by Abdurahman Sheikh Sufi al-Shaashi on the arrival of…
On the fateful day of Friday, May 5th, 2023, we bore witness to a momentous event, as the historical lighthouse in the old district of Mogadishu met partial collapse. Built just after 1936, the lighthouse makes up an integral part…
For 30 years since the civil war our fathers have migrated from Somalia which resulted in our family having children in every country on earth. Children that were born during the Somali civil war including me have always asked themselves,…
Written By Abdi Mohamud Swahili Coastal region of East Africa starts from Mogadishu in southern Somalia to its northern end to Kilwa in the south of Tanzania, the Bay of Sofala in present-day Mozambique, the further, the northern tip of…
A city south of Mogadishu devastated, the inhabitants, guilty of affinity ethnic groups with the dictator Siad Bare, massacred, and subjugated. Poisoned fruit of the war of all against all, which gives four years shakes the country, the ordeal of…
Abubakar Salim (1936-2018) (also known as “Abu Deera”) was a 20-21st century poet born and raised in the City of Barawa, Somalia. He became popular in poetry and shtenzi (Bravanese form of poetry) at an early age where he was…
Sheikh Ahmed bin Haji was a Banadiri scholar in the late 19th century, he rose to prominence based on his defiance and long resistance against Italian Colonial rule and also being a religious reformer. Biography Sheikh Ahmed bin Haji Mahdi…
East African Pan-Islamic revival owes much debt to the struggles of the Qadiri leader Shaykh Uways bin Muhammad al-Baraawi. Sheikh Uways was another famous scholar that was born in Barawa, as a young teenager, he studied theological science and philosophy.…
Sheikh Qassim al Barawi was born in Barawa from the Raa Waa’ili clan, he was famously known for the many Qasa’id (Religious Poems) he wrote. He was multilingual so wrote poems in both Arabic and Chimbalazi (Barawa language), and Somali,…
