Jan

January 28, 2025

Turkish Model in Somalia: Civilian Power Approach in State Building Process

Abstract

The international community’s intervention in fragile or failed states mostly is welcomed. But on the other hand, the external intervention revolves around the interest, ideas, strategies and the policies of the intervener. This study explores Turkish model in Somalia`s state building and argues that the engagement in civilian power with humanitarian and development assistance, is more effective than coercive military intervention. Turkey’s civilian power approach has a positive impact on Somali state building process, such as peace building and political process, enhancing the capacity of state institutions and socioeconomic development of the country.

Keywords:

State building, Civilian power, development, Somalia, Turkey,

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

Toosinta iyo Casriyaynta Haybta Shakhsiga Soomaaliyeed

Mucda Qoraalka

Si loola jaanqaado dunida maanta horumartay waxaa loo baahan yahay in qofka Soomaaliyeedi uu lahaado waxyaabo lagu aqoonsado, oo afafka shisheeye lagu yiraahdo “ID”, annaguna qoraalkan aan u adeegsannay ereyga “hayb”, iyadoo la raacayo hab midaysan, oo casriyaysan, lana ilaalinayo nidaamka diinta iyo dhaqanka Soomaaliyeedba. Haddaba waxaan halkan ku qaadaadhigaynaa haybta qofka Soomaaliyeed oo u baahan in la turxaanbixiyo waxyaabaha lagu aqoonsado, sida: magaciisa gaarka ah, ‘magacaqoys’-kiisa, taariikhda dhalashadiisa iyo degaanka uu ku dhashay.

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

The State and its Fragments: Debates on Kinship and the State in Somalia

Abstract

This article has two primary objectives:

a) to introduce the debate about kinship systems and socio-political identity and organization in Somalia. I do this by reviewing an exchange at a British tribunal between two prominent academics in Somali studies: Abdi I. Samatar and I. M. Lewis;

b) to reflect on what is at stake in this debate by pointing at some of the potential consequences of the current U.N.-led state-building project in Somalia, which has embraced one side of this debate.

Keywords:

Somalia, kinship system, Somali political identity, clanism, state-building, genealogy, colonialism, and anthropology,

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

Somali Region in Ethiopia: Historical Developments during the Period 1884-1995

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The history of Somali Region is scattered in the vast history of Somalia and Ethiopia. But this article explicitly examines the historical developments of the region from the colonial period to the recent past around 1995, and how the region gained the diverging ethnic and national identities, Somali and Ethiopian at the same time. The paper also aims at presenting the historical developments of Somali Region in short, and traditional narrative perspective.

Key words:

Somali Region, Ogaden, Hawd, Somalia, Ethiopia, British Colonies,

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

Oblique Marking System in Somali Language: Comparison of the Common Somali and Karre Dialect

Abstract

In Somali dialectology, comparisons on oblique marking particles, usually focusing on the similarities or dissimilarities of surface structures (cf. Lamberti 1986, Tosco 1997), identify the existence of two systems of oblique markers: a system of three markers specific to dialects between the two rivers, and another of four markers which characterizes Common Somali and Benaadir dialect [Maxaa-tiri dialectal group, in general]. Such a comparison does not tell us unfortunately the intimate connection between these two systems.
By conducting a detailed morpho-syntactic comparison between Karre dialect and Common Somali, we are able to perceive the historical relationship between the two systems of oblique marking, as well as the direction of change. It is also an argument testifying that these dialects belong to the same language.

Keywords:

Somali Language, Karre Dialect, Oblique Markers

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

“Of Warlords and Wordsmiths”: Journeying the Somali Civil War Through Selected Poetry

Abstract

Since mid-1980s, Somalia has experienced a long period of instability and chaos characterized by a brutal civil war. This paper focuses on some literary representations of the Somali civil war, in selected Somali poets, which shed light on Somalis’ experiences and struggles in the civil war era. These poems reflect on how contemporary Somali poets have attempted to better understand and counter the effects of war, and delve into the intricate and complex nature of the civil war including its effects on Somalis such as loss of relatives, exile and destruction. These works do not restrict the war to images of bloodshed but also provide images of Somalis who strive to confront the violence and look forward to a peaceful Somalia. As they historicize the war, these poems achieve a
cathartic effect, by which writers and readers cleanse themselves from distress, pain and loss of hope.

Keywords:

Somali Poetry, Civil War, Peace, Catharsis, Warlords, Wordsmith,

Mogadishu University,

ISOS,

Jan

January 28, 2025

Guur an ka La’aado

Tixdan

Guur an ka La'aado

Tixdan ‘guur an ka la`aado’ waxaa tiriyay abwaanad Xalwo Bulxan Cali, Febraayo 2000; wuxuuna ku saabsan yahay sifooyinka xunxun ee ay tahay in ragga leh ay gabdhuhu ka digtoonaadaan guurkooda.
Sifooyinkani waa kuwo dhantaalaya xilka iyo kaalinta aabbaha ama sayga laga sugayo.
Tixdani waxa uu daba socdaa laba gabay oo ay kala tiriyeen abwaan Aw Yuusuf-Barre, abaaro sannadkii 1922, iyo abwaan Cabdiqaadir Yamyam, sannadkii 1976. Labadan abwaan wiilasha guurdoonka ah ayay kala taliyeen gabdhaha ay tahay inay guursadaan. Abwaanad Xalwo, waxa ay dhamaystirtay dardaarankii, oo gabdhihii ayay, iyaduna, kala talisay wiilasha ay tahay inay guursadaan!
Maadaama aan la koobi karin, tilmaamaha wanaagsan, ee rag iyo dumarba; saddexda abwaan waxay doorbideen inay taxaan tilmaamaha xunxun ee ay tahay in laga digtoonaado. Dhinaca kale, saddexda gabayba waa waano ku socota guurdoonka, wiilal iyo gabdhaba, oo looga digayo dhaliilaha guurka seejin kara.
Tixdani waa 116 meeris, waxayna abwaanaddu baraarujinaysaa 24 sifo, oo ay tahay in ragga leh ay gabdhuhu guurkooda ka fiirsadaan!

Mogadishu University

ISOS

Jan

January 28, 2025

Darajiyo Xil Yaa Mudan?

Tixdan

Darajiyo Xil Yaa Mudan?

Tixdan waxaa curiyay Cabdi Yuusuf Xasan, oo ku magac dheer “Cabdi Dhuux”, Sannadkii 1997.
Tixdan waxay tilmaamaysaa hoggaanka ku habboon ummad ka soo kabanaysa colaado sokeeye; ha noqoto sifooyinka qofka hoggaamiyaha noqonaya looga baahan yahay ama waajibaadka iyo hawlaha hor yaal.
Abwaanku si farshaxannimo leh ayuu u taxay hawlaha hor yaalla cidda rabta inay daadihiso dabaadiga ka soo haray colaado sokeeye, oo ‘dulli iyo dhib’ ka saari kara. Sidaas darteedna, mudan darajo iyo xil.
Tixdani waa 60 meeris.oo jiifto ah, waxay ahayd hees ka mid riwaaad la oran jiray “darajiyo xil yaa mudan” oo Muqdisho lagu dhigay. Heestani waxay caan baxday sannadkii 2000, xilligii uu socday ‘Shirwaynaha Nabadaynta Soomaaliya’, magaalada Carta, Jabuuti.

Mogadishu University

ISOS

Jan

January 27, 2025

Awaaltiris

Tixdan

Awaaltiris

Tixdan ‘awaaltiris’ waxaa tiriyay abwaan Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame “Hadraawi”, waxay soo baxday 13/9/2009; waxayna ku saabsan tahay dayacaadda iyo dhibaatada ka dhalatay ragga balwadda qaadku dilootay ee ‘ka indhabeelay’ xilkii saarnaa.
Sheeekada ‘Ugaaso’ waa fadeexad naxdin leh. Waa aabbo ku jira ‘iilka qaadka’, dayacay masuuliyaddiisii, hooyadii qoyska ay dantu badday inay masruufkii dusha u ridato; waxayna ka badin wayday inay bacadka iyo qorraxda ‘qaad’ ku iibiso! Odaygii oo dhowr maalmood reerka ka maqnaa ayaa soo galay aqalkii oo la buuxo. Maba waraysan waxa dhacaye, qaad uu sitay ayuu doonay inuu u fadhiisto! Wuxuu u yeedhay inantiisii si ay ugu adeegto ‘Ugaasooy… Ugaasooy’!!! Waa inan dhowr maalmood ka hor geeriyootay, tacsideediina loo fadhiyo!!! Yaab, amakaag!!! Abwaanku, waxaa kale oo uu tilmaamayaa dhibaatada ku habsata bulshada, marka waayeelkeedu ‘la ambado xilkiisa’ ama si gurracan uu u fahmo ‘siyaasadda iyo maaraynta danta guud’.
Abwaan Hadraawi, wuxuu caan ku yahay inuu sheekooyinka ka curiyo maansooyin xambaarsan duluc qotodheer iyo farshaxannimo huwan.
Tixdani waxay ka kooban tahay (255) meeris, oo dhowr qaybood ah.

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