Congrats @HonSadiaSamatar for breaking gender stereotype that was prevalent in our society for centuries, subsequent to your election as 1st deputy female speaker in🇸🇴’s history in 2022. Today you made another milestone for being appointed acting speaker of🇸🇴’s federal parliament
Today we open the SGEM Conference celebrating 10 years of advocacy, equity, and peacebuilding. Somali women’s voices have reshaped politics and community. The journey continues toward 40% representation!
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Mogadishu Was Never Under Omani Rule
Some individuals aim to skew Somali history by suggesting that Mogadishu was once under the control of the Omani Sultan of Zanzibar. This claim is untrue and disrespectful to the history of Somali sultanates and their independence. Historical facts show that Mogadishu remained under Somali control from the 4th to the 19th centuries.
Charles Guillain, a French traveler who visited the Benadir coast between 1846 and 1848, wrote that the actual ruler was the Somali Sultan Yusuf Mahamud of Geledi, whose power covered Mogadishu, Marka, Barawa, and beyond. Guillain added that the Sultan of Zanzibar had to pay money to the Somali Sultan starting in 1843. This shows that foreign powers knew of Somali independence in the area.
When the Omanis wanted to build the Garessa building in Mogadishu in the 1870s, they asked the Somali Sultanate for permission. The building was a commercial building used for Omani-Zanzibar trade not a palace or government office. The Omanis paid customs fees to Somali authorities when they brought items in or out of Mogadishu. If Mogadishu were under Omani control, this permission and taxation would not have happened. This fact disproves the idea that Zanzibar ruled Mogadishu.
Somali history includes resistance to foreign invasions, these actions helped form Somali independence.
History cannot be changed. Mogadishu and the Benadir coast were independent Somali lands, respected by foreigners who came as traders and business partners, not as rulers.
Shame on the succession groups who twist Somali history just to discredit our legacy. ( Acuudi Bilaah, beenta ka xishooda)
Sheiknor Abucar Qassim
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We must start asking hard but necessary questions:
1-Why is clan identity valued more than national unity?
2- Why are leaders judged by bloodline, not vision?
3- And why must women prove loyalty to a state that rarely protects or includes them?
Somali clan politics whether in Garissa, Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Jigjiga or Djibouti - Is like cancer, it has no cure. A young female politician was pleading with her sub clan about her loyalty as she married a man from another sub clan - and then we wonder what is wrong with Somali
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to @drercanbal and the Neurology Department at @ankarasehirhast for their exceptional care and dedication during my husband’s treatment. Your expertise and compassion made a significant difference in his recovery. 🙏💙 #ThankYou
Mega congrats, my dear bro Dr. @aysanei on successfully defending your PhD thesis. Wishing you even greater success on this next chapter of your journey.
Successfully defended my PhD today! Many thanks to my Chair, Dr. Saumya Pant and Committee Members, Dr. @drlaeeqkhan, Dr. Jatin Srivastava and Dr. Edna Wangui for the mentorship and support during this journey! I am also grateful for the unwavering support and patiance of my wife and kids during this process!
#Morocco announces it would buy up to 168 trains from Spain's CAF, #SouthKorea's Hyundai and #France's Alstom for $2.9 billion as part of preparations for the 2030 #FIFAWorldCup it is co-hosting with Spain and Portugal https://t.co/u3QAh8sen6
#BREAKING: #Israel Defense Minister: I have instructed military to prepare at the highest level of readiness in #Gaza and to defend communities https://t.co/IflBrUjlhs
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander received the credentials from @khadijali9, the new Federal Republic of Somalia ambassador to the Netherlands.
Looking forward to collaborating with you, Ambassador Khadija. 🎉💐
The doctrine of the Hijab in Islam is well intentioned to protect women.
Islam does not prescribe the death penalty for non-compliance of wearing the Hijab.
Islam is a religion of Peace in which women are highly valued by the Muslim Ummah.
Let’s not distort our religion but promote its intentions as dictated by the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Prophet PBUH.
#Islamvalueswomen
A civil society consultation meeting on proposed amendments to Chapters 5 to 9 of the Constitution is currently underway in Jowhar, Hirshabelle State Somalia. #Somalia#Constitution#Amendments#Jowhar#ICRIC
"We fully acknowledge the dedicated efforts you have invested in steering #Somalia out of the transitional phase of state and peacebuilding." @farmumin says during the consultative session with traditional elders and religious leaders of #Southwest state of #Somalia.