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Undergone a project of colorizing, restoring, and enhancing an archive of HQ vintage Somali photographs using machine learning.
I won't watermark or alter the photos.
Feel free to use and share them however I would appreciate credit where applicable
You can find them all here
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It really bogles the mind how someone could continously play defense for a Godless totalitarian regime solely based on the most superficial ideological marxist-leninist "kinship"
🧵: The Xinjiang police server hack [2022]
Catalog of confiscated "illegal Items" and "contraband"
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Aden Heritage Centre detailing what Somalis already know, namely that Somali women created Diracs, it further states how Somalis brought it to Aden.
The real question is why do diaspora Oromos have this strange envy over a culture that is not their own. You never see the inverse
I’m still waiting for something y’all invented that wasn’t influenced by some Arab or desi since we’re talking about originality.
It’s nice seeing y’all cope lol. Think twice about “your” culture next time :)
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She could be marriin but she’s wearing makeup and she’s indoors so its hard to tell.
This is the maarriin shade that’s praised in Somali culture. It’s brown skin with a red undertone.
“Waa gabar qurux badanoo maarriin ahoo hadal macaan”
This is the mariin colour which the Somali poets celebrated in their verses as a symbol of exquisite Somali beauty.
هذا هو اللون marriin الذي احتفل به و مدحه الشعراء الصوماليون في قصائدهم كرمزا للجمال الصومالي البديع.
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While Captain Phillips colored the image of pirates here's the actual Godfather of Piracy:
Known for his towering height at 6'5" & good looks that drew women from across the Horn he became a mythical Robin Hood figure who gave away the money he made to locals creating inflation.
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Muslims were force-fed pork and made to consume alcohol while denoucing their beliefs
Here's the testimony of former inmate Omar Bekali who was detained in a CCP "re-education" internment camp and publicly exposed the extent of the suffering & abuse of Muslims in Communist China
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Portrait of Cabdirizak Xaaji Xuseen (22) wearing a pin of the Crescent and Kuluub (Club) the symbol attached to the Somali Youth movements [1947]
Influenced by the ideology of the SYC when asked "Who are you?" (Whats your clan?) by a British official he responded "I am a Somali"
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"He did not know the Somali proverb that says a brave man is always frightened three times by a lion; when he first sees his track, when he first hears him roar, when he first confronts him"
Ernest Hemingway - The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber [1936]
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Somalis in the diaspora think poetic virtuosity is some kind of wide-scale genetic inheritance and not a skill possessed by a talented minority.
I also die a little inside whenever I come across diaspora poetry and its mostly overly sentimental and socially conscious drivel.
to be a somali woman is to stand out in a crowd with your words while being uplifted by other women who are just as poetic as you are
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Thank God I'm Somali
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Ooho!
🇸🇴🤝🇻🇳
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Mini 🧵: The meaning of the name Sagal
One of the most striking things you consistently experience is how richly detailed the Somali language is.
Why as native english speakers we are in prime position to bridge both worlds and preserve our heritage in a more precise fashion.
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Its interesting the level of disproportionate hatred & scolding Majeerteen women receive for celebrating themselves on here
Same losers attacking her will use photographs and illustrations of Majeerteen history and achievements to brag against Ajnabis
You cant have it both ways
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Names for the Sun in Somali:
Qorrax/Orrax
Cadceed
Libdho
Dhalco
Bacad
Milic
Cirid
Golcas
Gabbal
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Chen Quanguo's 2017 Ramadan speech
Promoted to the Party Secretary of Xinjiang in 2016 from Tibet where he was a household name in the CCP for “breaking lineage, breaking roots, breaking connections, & breaking origins” through the use of internment camps and forced sinicization
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Police surveillance of the Third Group South Mosque in Gulbage Village.
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Always a hoot when african women wearing wigs of a foreign texture to their own want to lecture others on alleged self-hate.
Its like an opioid addict trying to lecture you on temperance.
Somalians are the Dominicans of Africa, “I no black” at every chance they get 😩 you’d think someone planted them in sub-Saharan Africa
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I think the more prudent question in relation to this tweet is what do diaspora Somalis have to offer Somali society intellectually outside bouts of extremely irrational and hyperbolic public displays of self-flagellation.
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Don't listen to her. Somali men grow out your hair like your forefathers. Timodheer >>>
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He was so physically short that he had a royal pillow bearer that accompanied him during all his travels and was the steward of over 50 different types of pillows so that his feet wouldn't dangle in the air like a child.
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Mogadishu prior to any Italian architectural influence.
Many of these buildings and historic districts were bulldozed by the Italians themselves, you don't see us bringing it up.
You can shove your narrative up where the sun don't shine.
Compare Mogadishu, Somalia when under Italian influence, with what it has become since independence.
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Compilation of detainees (check the ALT description for the stated reason given for their arrest)
I've purposely chosen to exclude women as they've likely been forced to have their portraits taken without their hijabs.
Roughly 20,000 portraits were obtained from the hack.
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@xspotsdamark
Illustration of the Somali attack on the Burton expedition towards the Somali hinterland in 1855
Burton was impaled in the face with a javelin that pierced both of his cheeks. Specke was stabbed multiple times but ultimately survived. Stroyan was killed. Ended in abject failure.
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Internment camp police drills at the Tekes County Detention Center [2018]
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@lenatiya
Somalis aren't just nomads. There's several social classes across Somali society.
- The bulk of designs are from local weaved spools, imports can be used however they're differentiated
- We have a textile industry going back centuries
- Diracs were created in the 20th century
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Portrait of a Habr Gidir Elder [1926]
Draped in an alindi printed huwasho (upper body wrap) and sarong (macawiis), wearing a turban (cimaamad) and leather shoe/sandal (kabo/jambal), with his hand rested on his long dagger (billaawe).
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Beautiful. Here’s our historic Mashrabiya found in Mogadishu the capital.
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Pedro V [1885] vs Axmed Tajiir [1889]
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Prof. Virginia Luling and her friend Faadumo Cismaan Diine in Afgoy [1967]
In the late 1960s she moved to Afgoy for three years working on ethnographic field research under the supervision I.M Lewis which eventually awarded her PhD in 1972. A titan in the field of Somali Studies
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Pay particular attention to detainee
#3
Eysajan Jume
Arrested for being the brother of a member of the WUC, an advocacy group.
Those familiar with China know about the great firewall but targeting ones family members is another method of information control employed by the CCP.
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Incredible.
One thing though we should call it jubbad dheer until I find out what it was actually called back then. Jouke isn’t a Somali term.
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Mengistu said it himself. Ethiopians were nothing more than bullet sponges for the Somali army to exhaust its ammunition supplies.
Our war was with the formidable Soviet Union and its allies, not the Ethiopian army that we quickly and decisively crushed.
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End of 🧵
Anyone whos interested in looking at the large volume of data obtained from the hack heres the link:
Even in the holy month of Ramadan you still continue to engage in CCP apologetics & propaganda, I'd make dua for you but you don't deserve it.
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The Shir and the Somali People.
Italians sailed to the Horn of Africa and came into a contact with a culture were men wore long flowing white robes and practiced direct democracy and yet paradoxically it befuddled them and they sought to undermine it.
So much for Roman heritage
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Warriors of Cisse Dir stand guard outside the tent of Ugaas Rooble Faarax in Harar [1886]
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Portrait of Boqor Cismaan Maxamuud in Xamar [1927-30]
Wearing an Agal and a Somali printed Maro as
a Ghutrah/Keffiyeh.
After the dissolution of the Sultanate & his exile to Xamar he lived in a grand stone home in Xaafada Isku Raran (Xamar Weyne), used to house him as a prison.
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Despite his various staged photographs Haile Selassie actually couldn't read, making him the Floyd Mayweather of African Despots.
Everything had to be relayed to him by word of mouth nor could he write so even those close to him have never seen his personal signature.
Ras Tafari Makonnen, King of Kings, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
What do you know about him
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Revolver belonging to Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xassan leader of the Somali Dervishes (Darawiish) [1901-1904]
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A young recruit leaves his home and family to join Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xassan and the Dervishes (Daraawiish) [1901]
With a raised spear (waran), a dagger (toorey) tucked into his wrapped tobe (gunti), a prayer bead wrapped around his neck (tusbax), and a shield (gaashaan).
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Poster of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) raised in Jigjiga during the Ogaden War [September 1977]
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Portrait of a Somali warrior at mouth of a cave near the coastal city of Xamar (Mogadishu) [1882]
Wearing Go' iyo Maro (wrapped garments) and Masalle (leather prayer mat) drapped on his left shoulder.
Armed with a Waran (spear), Gaashaan (oryx beisa shield), & Billaawe (dagger)
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Ugax Goroyo (Ornamental Ostrich Egg) [1979]
Encased with leather straps, fringes, and a handle and decorated with aleel (cowrie shells).
Used occasionally as a water container. Ugax Goroyo are gifted to newlywed Somali brides as a cultural symbol of good luck and fertility.
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Same clan that put a revolver to the head of a high ranking British official and executed him meanwhile your much vaunted Mau Mau is more akin to a tribal civil war.
Even long forgotten Somali triumphs have more prestige than your celebrated history ever will.
The entire security docket of Kenya has been infiltrated and compromised by one somali clan, both in Kenya and Somali. Did you know Kismayo is more kenyan than Somali?
Join the dots. Aden Duale, Defence minister, Noordin Haji, NIS director, Abdul Haji, brother to Noordin,
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Funniest thing about this discourse is that the loser named Ahmed is pushing a ahistorical narrative based on western ideology himself
Somalis never saw themselves in proximity to "the White man"
Stop projecting your disconnection with your culture & history onto the rest of us
𝗪𝗘 𝗣𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 “𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞”!
At Speaker’s Corner in London, a controversial topic was raised where African youth from the British capital discussed their roots.
Some Somali youngsters refused to accept they are Black, stating
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Addendum:
Footage of a Sagal. The harbinger of prosperity during the beloved Gu’ (Rainy Season).
You can see the streaks of anticrepuscular rays stretching across the horizon.
Added a Horse Song to the original vid to make it completely Somali.
Mini 🧵: The meaning of the name Sagal
One of the most striking things you consistently experience is how richly detailed the Somali language is.
Why as native english speakers we are in prime position to bridge both worlds and preserve our heritage in a more precise fashion.
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Portrait of an Elder of Cawlyahan Ogaadeen in Kismaayo [1910]
In the center wearing a a Duub Maro Cad (white turban)
My speculation: It's likely a Southern Cawlyahan Elder (Reer Abokor)
1. Reer Cali (Madax of Cawlyahan)
2. Reer Qaasin
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He's the first mythological Somali figure post civil war collapse.
When Somali women heard about the 6'5" handome Pirate King they came from all over Somaliweyn to Eyl.
He never kept the majority of the money he made, he gave it to away to the people creating inflation.
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Exactly what I'm talking about. They moronically attempt to disparage Somali pastoral culture and praise everything Ajnabi but pretend they're somehow Somali ubermensch unlike the Geesi nomads who actually are.
Here's a multi-room complex known as Cariish. Bunch of cornballs.
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I think a more accurate classification would be Aji culture (Dir/Isaaq + Daarood).
Xeedho or Xeero depending on the regional dialect.
I tried asking to see if Hawiye clans in Galbeed or Mudug practice it but the handful of Eedos I asked said no, but there could be exceptions.
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Slaves in legcuffs to prevent fleeing upon their return from working the fields. Under the watchful eye of a Somali master armed with a waran (spear) [1882-83]
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Elder of Habar Gidir Sacad Siciid on the Hobyo beachfront as a boat comes ashore [1927]
Wearing the traditonal wrapped white go' (huwasho), gunti, and leather footwear (kab).
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Group portrait of Nomads from the area between Baydhowa Jinaay (Heavenly Baydhabo) and Wanle Weyn [1977]
Wearing Alindi/Cad go' iyo maro (wrapped garments) & carrying Barkin (headrests), Cul (walking sticks), & Miswak (teeth cleaning twigs)
SOMALI MEN WE NEED REVIVE OUR CULTURE
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🧵 - Somali Camel Terms
Tribute to Somali mens greatest and unrivaled love in this material world.
"Weynidaayoo wanaagsanidaa, waxse ku dhiman, ado waaro aan wadba la hayn"
"How big you are! How beautiful you are!! You only lack eternal life and that death may never reach you"
There are 100+ ways to say camel in Somali, we find words for what we love and value.
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🧵 Boqor (Belt): The Duality of a Somali Symbol
Life and Death.
A certain end and a new beginning.
The man crowned king and the betrothed young woman
[Portrait of Boqor Cismaan Maxamuud & a young woman from Berbera wearing dyed cloths in midab boqored, the royal colors]
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Compilation of Somali Elders and Notables wearing these cloaks
Matched the order with the golden ornate motifs
#1
: Cabdikariim Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xassan (Ogaadeen)
#2
: Suldaan Ina Madar Qani (Habr Yoonis)
#3
: Suldaan Olol Dinle (Ajuuraan)
#4
: Islow Cumar Mahadale (Abgaal)
@thetipofthehorn
@cHIrO8NsF39ob7O
@Banadirwiki
@Bashka_23
Not sure if it's what you're looking for but this is as close as I could get.
- Shaykh Muhyidin Ibn Shaykh Uways
- Shaykh Mahamud Awlihan
- Shaykh Muhammad Shaykh Muhyidin Mualim Mukaram
- Shaykh Aba Shaykh Muhammad Shaykh Ali Maye
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“I am the crème de la crème of Hashemite royalty!
My noble pedigree is brimming with illustrious men”
Keep wailing, book your trip to the next ‘African Union’ meeting in Addis Ababa and keep us out of it.
Remove Somalia we are not Arabic and we will never be Arabic. We are proud Africans.
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The girls are saying
We want gold & silver
Which wed place around our arms & wear around our necks
A silken guntiino (dress)
A garbasaar (shawl) which no money can buy
A gogol (bedding) that has never been seen
When women set their minds on this
Thats how a marriage was destroyed
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Just when I thought I was out
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Happy 26th anniversary to my home Puntland formerly known as Waqooyi Bari (North East), Dhul Udug (Cape of Spices), and Ard Al-Aman (Land of Safety)
I usually stick to images but today I’ll post something from my video stash.
Taking a scenic drive from Qardho to Boosaaso [1994]
Happy 25th anniversary to my home Puntland formerly known as Waqooyi Bari (North East), Dhul Udug (Cape of Spices), and Ard Al-Aman (Land of Safety)
[1] Boqor Cismaan Maxamuud with the Elders [1905]
[2] Boosaaso (Bari) [1927]
[3] Eyl (Nugaal) [1927]
[4] Gaalkacyo (Mudug) [1927]
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Portait of a Somali man aged 26, wearing a Shabeel (leopard) Huwasho (upper torso wrap) [1936]
A Bulaxaar native a coastal town roughly 50 miles west of Berbera. Wonder if there's a distinct term for it, there likely is but I haven't encountered it.
Used as comforters as well.
Throughout history Somali leopard skin was considered the best in the world 🌍
(al-Jāḥiẓ 9th century) -
“The best leopard skins are from Berbera (Somalia coast) spotted with bright white and deep black, with long spots like a starling”
Now he talks about quality of Somali
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Compilation I made of the heads within every major Somali clan wearing traditional Somali wrapped garments (Go' iyo Maro) since you seldom see it as the focal point when celebrating Somali history online.
[Dir, Isaaq, Daarood, Hawiye, Digil iyo Mirifle]
Wrapped Garments >>>
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Portrait of Daahir Cumar of Maxamed Subeer Ogaadeen [1913]
Wearing a Go' iyo Maro and carrying a Cul (walking stick), Waran (spear), Billaawe (dagger), Gaashaan (shield) & Barkin (pillow)
The shield bearing the claws of an Aar (lion) which the previous owner fought to the death
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Portait of Ismaciil Buur of Ciise Dir [1873]
A seasoned warrior drapped in a Shabeel Huwasho (leopard-skin upper torso wrap) and armed with a Gaashaan (oryx beisa shield) and Qolxad/Golxob (large dagger).
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Portrait of a Dhulbahante girl in Bari [1877-1878]
Wearing a Jaare: a thin strap of leather girls wear as a headband.
Dhulbahante girls would fashion their Jaare out of horse-hair that extends to their shoulders.
Wearing an go' cad guntiino (wrapped dress) and dhego (earrings)
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Portrait of Degoodiya cavalrymen [1895]
Wearing Go' iyo Maro (wrapped garments) and armed with a Waran (spear), Murjis (javelin), Jeedal (horse whip), and Gaashaan (leather shield)
Their steeds equipped with traditional horse tack Hakama (horse bridle) and Kore (horse saddle)
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Starting to slowly understand the pastoral and naturalist references and metaphors in Somali poetry.
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Illustration of the Jilbad necklace housed in a German Museum [1895]
Silver centerpiece and hanging hells with a leather chain
Jilbads were typically wedding gifts and a store of wealth for women, the silver being sourced from smelting Riyaal/Sharuq (Maria thaler) bullion coins
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Alhamdulillah we have our Frankincense and Myrrh.
to my real grown bitches not the fake ones, yall still do this or it’s just me ?
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Arabs aren't even claiming what they are trying to attribute to them.
Next they're going to pivot to India. Somalis give cultural items of foreign origin distinct names to denote their foreign nature. We don't need to cope like you and your ilk.
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Photograph of a group of women in Rural Northern Somalia [1977]
Going to try a new format and highlight the different materials below 👇
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View of the town of Buur Hakaba from the atop the mountain [1923]
Homeland of Eelay Reewin. Can see the conical homes known as Mundul that were constructed in the land between the two rivers.
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Panoramic view of the Shangaani district of Xamar taken on the rooftop of the mansion owned by the prominent trader Shariif Saciid: a distinguished member of the Asharaf tribe [1847]
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Portrait of Xaaji Maxamed Axmed Liibaan (Habr Gidir - Ceyr - Reer Cabsiiye) holding a copy of the Sayyids Risaalad (Letter) Al-Biimaal [1977]
He memorized the original that he was tasked with delivering in his youth but destroyed it to prevent it from falling into Italian hands
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View of the city of Xamar (Mogadishu) taken from the anchorage outside the reef [1848]
On the coast a disembarked expeditionary caravan is being prepared for its journey into the Somali interior to come into contact with the Reewin Gobroon (Geledi) Sultan of the city of Afgoy.
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Happy 25th anniversary to my home Puntland formerly known as Waqooyi Bari (North East), Dhul Udug (Cape of Spices), and Ard Al-Aman (Land of Safety)
[1] Boqor Cismaan Maxamuud with the Elders [1905]
[2] Boosaaso (Bari) [1927]
[3] Eyl (Nugaal) [1927]
[4] Gaalkacyo (Mudug) [1927]
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Somali child with the Food hairstyle (head shaved with a tuft of hair remaining at the front and temples), and wearing a Kuul (beaded necklace), and Kurdad Dheer (long dress) [1890]
Over a century of wearing European tartan/plaid children dresses
No idea what the held object is
Came across the cutest photo of a little Somali girl at a Hargeisa photo studio. I believe around 1990, but date is unknown.
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The name of the band Shareero originating from the Somali lyre that bears its name
An ancient musical instrument stretching back to antiquity (Kissar), a Shareero is visible in one of the oldest depictions of Somalia made in the 19th century
Need someone to add it to Wikipedia
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Somali youth in Aden [1873]
With his head shaved and donning a Huwasho (upper body wrap)
Typically a high number of coastal people shaved their heads. Elders and notables had their heads shaved as well. If you see a historic figure wearing an Cimamaad/Duub they were likely bald
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I was far away when they plundered me
That day, when they seized everything, and none came to my fold
Would I have descended upon them with my lance at my side
Dear God Almighty, why was I not present on the field!
- Ina Cabdille Xassan [1916]
Boqortooyadii sends its regards.
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Northern view of the ancient coastal city of Saylac (Zayla) towards the Gulf of Berbera/Aden [1885]
Illustration and photograph.
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@Abditsover
Is there anything more ironic than someone claiming somali culture is based off lies & colonization in support of a racialized classification created by Europeans themselves
Cant be upset though we're all products of our enviroment. Those born is the West are historically myopic
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Somali women traditionally have their highest loyalty to their clan. Husbands weren't the primary party responsible for a womans wellbeing, her immediate family was.
Only men can check other men. What protects Somali women is the fact their husbands have to answer to her family.
We have along way to go when it comes to educating our people. She forgot she was the bride when she heard her Qabiil.
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Ethiopian fighters captured by the WSLF (Western Somali Liberation Front) during the Ogaden War [1977]
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@lenatiya
The first upload is a photograph from the 1800s of the domestic industry. Taken by one of the earliest cameras developed.
In direct contradiction to your erroneous claim that our garbs are a product of foreign imports. Even more amusing you claim our entire culture is imported.
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Aint no way, this can't be real.
Amazing but never wrote this for colonised Somali people experiencing similar oppression👀
And I respect and appreciate Hadraawi’s litterature. Just interesting . If there is literature he did on our own people, I would like to know and get into it. Just never encountered it.
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Aerial photo of Degmada Xamar Weyne (Mogadishu) with the Garesa Museum in the center and the ancient Masjid Fakr Ad-Din on the bottom left [1935]
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Four generations of Majeerteen (Cismaan Maxamuud - Bah Yacquub) labbis:
1: Yuusuf Cali "Keenadiid" *
2: Cismaan Yuusuf
3: Yaasiin Cismaan
4: Warsame Yaasiin
* Married Dahabo Islaan Aadan: Majeerteen (Cumar Maxamuud - Reer Mahad) the daughter of the Islaan of Cumar Maxamuud.
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House of the Al-Ahdal family and the Nur Al-Ain Masjid located in the coastal city of Marka [1925]
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Bas relief of the Sayyid leading the Darawiish into battle [1972]
Hard to capture the love Somali men had for horses
Some poets galloping dangerously near the borders of blasphemy to emphasize said love
The Sayyid himself saying only his faith surpassed his love for his steed
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Another portrait of Boqor Cismaan Maxamuud from the same time period [1927-30]
Surprised it hasn't been uploaded on X yet
Tried to find someone wearing a similar cloak with the same embroidered motif but nothing yet
Wonder if he got it from his Banaadiri friends and neighbors
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Buur Hakaba [1930]
Home of the mighty Reewin Eelay tribe who conquered the region when they slew the Pagan tyrant warrior king Gheeddi.
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@ferdousisak
@hayxtt
@lenatiya
They get them from Somali shops in 2023 and they're still trying to say this.
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Official ceremony of the first hoist of the Somali flag in the capital Xamar to thunderous applause and a salvo of canon fire [October 12 1954]
Designed by territorial council member Cawaale. The blue representing the sky & a nod to the UN & the star representing Greater Somalia
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POV: You've been sent to check in on Ilhan's son undergoing
#ProjectGaalkacyo
and his rotations between his various Cumar Maxamuud, Sacad, and Leelkase drill sergeants after a year of Israac, Baraxley, and Garsoor postings
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This crop of the Baargaal Elders & Axmed Tajiir* is probably my favorite photo of Elders I've come across so far.
Beautiful symphony of the variety of garments, both traditional & modern.
* Tajiir 'The Merchant'; brother of Boqor Cismaan & ruler of Boosaaso (4th from the Left).
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🧵 The Stone Homes (Daar) and Forts of Hobyo [1927]
[1] Suldaan Cali Yusuf's Villa and Masjid
[2] Suldaan Cali Yusuf's Villa and Masjid (Different Angle)
[3] Gate of the Suldaan Cali Yusuf's Fort
[4] Camel drivers engaging in unloading goods.
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