Somaliland

Opened in 2014, Hiddo Dhawr is Somaliland’s first and only live music venue to operate since the 1988 civil war, which decimated the capital Hargeysa, and displaced the artistic community.  In this episode, social anthropology PhD candidate Christina Woolner visits Hiddo Dhawr – which specializes in the performance of acoustic music popular before the war – to explore what it means to sing, and particularly about love, in contemporary Hargeysa. Conversations with the venue’s founder Sahra Halgan, reflections from some young patrons, and an evening taking in the music reveal the many meanings of love songs, and offer insight into the social and political climate of life in a post-war, unrecognized state. 

5. Hiddo Dhawr: Singing Love in(to) Somaliland, by Christina Woolner

Unlike the prevailing distorted historical narration, listen the true historical background of Hawd and Reserve Area as told by Omar Arteh  Qalib in 2000 in an interview with BBC Somali.

The true historical background of Hawd and Reserve Area

Hani Uk Iyo Iskalaji 2017 Farsamadii - Samatar Said Salah

AXMED AARSHE┇HEES CUSUB (AFKAAGA MASUUL KA NOQO ᴴᴰ) 2017┇Eng Abdi Hassan

Hees: Naf ku jacel adduuyada. 
Codka: Fartuun Axmed Sahal (Birimo)


Naf ku jaceyl adduunyada,
Ugu wacan wax lala noolaado
Nabad lala wadaagoo
Nimco lagula waaree

Ma nuglihii kalgacal baa
naar iyo ka daran olol
Markuu nudeyda kaa galo,
naber waaye halisee

Eeddaan nabdiga gelin,
oo soo noqnoshadaa
Há ika moodin nacasnimo

Adne haddii aan ku naawilay
Naqba waa la dhowraa
Nasiibku há iku kaa simo

Neecaawda da’eyso
onkodne lawda ku haayaa
iku heshay nugaaloo
kaligeey ku noolee

Adne kaymo roob leh iyo
Dhulal nuuraa joogtaa
Naxdin la’aan ku hurudaa
Nabsi dhowri meysidee

Eeddaan nabdiga gelin,
oo soo noqnoshadaa
Há ika moodin nacasnimo

Adne haddii aan ku naawilay
Naqba waa la dhowraa
Nasiibku há iku kaa simo

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Naf ku jaceyl adduunyada,

Af-daboolan waa dahab


Dhageyso suugaanta 

Hadraawi
Saciid Gacameey
Gaariye
Dhoodaan
Shube
Sheekh mustafe 
Sheekh Xuseen Ali Jabuuti
Abshir Bacadle
Abwaan Gamaadiid
Abwaan Heelaale

The true historical background of Hawd and Reserve Area

‫جمهورية صوماليلاند‬‎