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Film review: Amina, Directed by Ahmed Abullahi
by Conrad Heine Watch the trailer for Amina at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAsnqH8ecvE Amina, which had its London premiere during...
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Feb 17, 20252 min read


Music Classes at Hargeysa Cultural Centre: Assuring the Revival of the Somali Classical Music
by Tirsit Yetbarek Seme The author and one of the female music students at Hargeysa Cultural Center during their practice session....
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Jan 12, 20256 min read


Aotearoa/New Zealand: Somali Graduate Journal launches 9th edition
By Conrad Heine While the journal of the Anglo-Somali Society has a venerable 60-year history, at the other end of the world is another...
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Jan 7, 20252 min read


Evaluating Somaliland's Potential for International Recognition. The Impact of the H.R.10402 Bill During the Trump Administration. By Adil Dirie
U.S. Representative Scott Perry Introduces Bill to Recognise Somaliland as an Independent State summary Evaluating Somaliland's Potential...
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Jan 1, 202510 min read


The Petticoat, by Jeanne d’Haem
A Somali petticoat “Oh the wailing, the contortions kept us up all night,” several people told Osman, when he returned from his job as...
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Dec 19, 20246 min read


The Sahamiye Foundation and the Daariz app: a literal tool of transformation
By Conrad Heine Ismail Ahmed has done a lot in his time: the Somaliland-born, London-based tech entrepreneur is best known as the...
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Jul 4, 20247 min read


Conversation with Abira Hussein about heritage and digital archives.
Watch the video here
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May 28, 20241 min read


Return to Somaliland – January 2023, by Kitty Hotchkiss
In January 2023 I returned to Hargeysa, my place of birth, for the first time since I left in 1959. Despite the enormous political...
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Dec 29, 20235 min read
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