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Jul 12, 2021 β€’ 4 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Somalis having early Zaydi Shia influence?

'Caliphate rule' is a probably not true but later observations by Dimaqshi and Ibn Battuta are interesting.

Examples of Sufi poetry will be given below regarding the author's point of Fatima RA holding a high reverence amongst Somalis. Here are the maanso in Somali and English. Some lines were clipped for the sake of length and Ali RA is mentioned in these poems as well.
Jun 26, 2021 β€’ 7 tweets β€’ 4 min read
A history of the 1958 Berbera riots and Maxamed Jamaac Urdoh of the Somali National League (SNL)

The SNL was the major political party of Somaliland and had several nationalist figures incl Urdoh who would lead the party at one point The transfer of Somali territory (Hawd & Reserved Area) to πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή control by the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ angered many and particularly communities who lived over the new border

With the visit of MP Bernard Baines and MP Austen Albu to Berbera, Maxamed Jamaac organised a disruption of their tour
Sep 18, 2020 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
A 🧡on Somali seamen and their resilient community in Cardiff Wales πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Image 1⃣ Somali men at a Cafe in Cardiff Image