Tag Archive "bashir-goth"
Somaliland: OUTRIGHT ABUSE TO SOMALILAND ASPIRATIONS, ESSENCE
Who Really Butters Goth, Cullen Breads? Despite the fact that it has never been in the tradition of this column to do rebuttals on opinion ...
SOMALIA-SOMALILAND: The cake first, then the slices
BY BASHIR GOTH It was a day like any other. A hot and bright summer day in the Washington D.C metropolitan area as we sat, ...
GEESI LOO HANWEYNAA – A tribute to my hero Dr. Jowhar
Hearing of the death of Dr. Abdishakur Sh. Ali Jowhar struck me as a thunderbolt out of the blue. At no time can one be ...
Never belonging
OPINION | FEBRUARY 19, 2012 By:Bashir Goth As an expatriate, one lives in perpetual split personality. As you work and socialize with the citizens of ...
Col Iyo Abaar – War & Drought
Col iyo Abaar, war and drought, were the historical enemies of the Somali people; the two disasters that played havoc with their nomadic life. The ...
A tale of two Shabab movements: Egyptian and Somali
As I watched the youth-driven upheavals that have awoken the comatose Arab people into action to reclaim their dignity and their freedom, I could not ...
Mr. Silaanyo’s boomerang trajectory with free speech
As always; it has to start with gagging freedom of speech. Not bad governance and corruption and not even rampant ignorance, disease and poverty. It ...
Somaliland: An alleged sexual deviant gets his day in court
A court in Somaliland has found a German man guilty of making pornographic films of Somali women and has given him a four- year prison ...
A message to the Somali youth in 2011
The youth of my people, the future of the nation, I am addressing this letter to you as a person who grew up in a ...
Op-Ed: Suspending Universal TV turns more light on Somaliland
The suspension of the popular Universal TV by Somaliland Minister of Information is a classic example of an outsider eagerly yearning to close the door ...
TOL Organization and Tribal Affiliation: A Brief Conceptual Reflection
This is the first of a number of educational essays that the The Education[1], Culture, and Training Subcommittee of the Tol Leadership Council (TLC) will ...
Op-Ed: Should Somaliland allow the formation of a unionist party?
Ludicrous idea, isn’t it? How can I suggest such a treacherous idea when I am known as an unflinching advocate for Somaliland’s independence and sovereignty? ...
An open letter to Somaliland’s President-elect: Congratulations but take heed
Now that you have won the election; let me first congratulate you, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, on winning the long-awaited presidency. It has been indeed ...
Somali music between Maryan Ali’s refined taste and Al Shabab’s philistine manners.
(SomalilandPress)-Never have I felt so much hope and gloom at the same time for Somali music; that wonderful aesthetic product by default of the otherwise ...
Kill the Messenger: Mohamed Ahmed’s hypocritical response to Bashir Goth
In his recent article “Somaliland: America’s underestimated friend” Bashir Goth has eloquently compared Somalia with Somaliland with respect to peace building and democratic governance. Instead ...
SOMALILAND: America’s Underestimated Friend
(SomalilandPress)-Think about Somalia and all that jumps to mind is the image of a lawless country where extremist forces have turned it into killing fields, ...
Qasim Sh. Yusuf Ibrahim As I Remember Him
HARGEISA, 1 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – “…Xiddigihii Dilaadee, Daadanaayay waayadan, Maantana qod baa dumay, Dabayshaygu soo furay…” These words were part of a poem I ...
Somaliland is rescued by foreign friends and a watchfull media
(SomalilandPress)-With its latest decision to extend or should I say reject the extension, depending on where one stands on Somaliland’s slippery political landscape, of the ...