Saturday 13 June 2026
Feker
Opinion
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Welcomed in 1969 as a revolution of hope, Mohamed Siad Barre’s military regime swiftly dismantled constitutional rule and built a vast security state to crush dissent. Through censorship, imprisonment, and exile, it hollowed out the country’s intellectual class, leaving a vacuum that deepened…
Welcomed in 1969 as a revolution of hope, Mohamed Siad Barre’s military regime swiftly dismantled constitutional rule and built a vast security state to crush dissent. Through censorship, imprisonment, and exile, it hollowed out the country’s intellectual class, leaving a vacuum that deepened…
Thoughts
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Author, writer and translator, Abdiaziz Mahdi reflects on how war robs children of their childhoods.
“If children could, if adults knew.” ― Sigmund Freud
I often try to avoid delving into this part of my past. Childhood. It seems to be a common tendency among us all. We…
Author, writer and translator, Abdiaziz Mahdi reflects on how war robs children of their childhoods.
“If children could, if adults knew.” ― Sigmund Freud
I often try to avoid delving into this part of my past. Childhood. It seems to be a common tendency among us all. We…
Thoughts
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Patrick Gathara writes about western politics in the same way westerners write about African and Asian countries. His aim is to encourage reflection on the language we use and to highlight the offensive assumptions embedded within it.
Following the televised debate between Donald Trump and…
Patrick Gathara writes about western politics in the same way westerners write about African and Asian countries. His aim is to encourage reflection on the language we use and to highlight the offensive assumptions embedded within it.
Following the televised debate between Donald Trump and…
Thoughts
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Professor John ‘Jaamac’ Johnson recalls his visits to Somalia in the 1960s and his interactions with scholars, poets and writers.
One pleasant summer afternoon in 1968, a group of friends embarked on a train journey from London, heading north to visit another friend at…
Professor John ‘Jaamac’ Johnson recalls his visits to Somalia in the 1960s and his interactions with scholars, poets and writers.
One pleasant summer afternoon in 1968, a group of friends embarked on a train journey from London, heading north to visit another friend at…
