     Anonymous | Thursday, November 16, 2000 - 06:59 pm
salaam alaykum brother,
Dear Brother,
First of all, May Allah grant you His wisdom.
I just wanted to ask you a brief question, i was wondering if you know or if you have any books that talk about Somali History.
salaam alaykum |
| formerguest. | Thursday, November 16, 2000 - 08:02 pm
Anonymous.
Wacaleykum assalaam.
May Allah grant you the same and more. No I haven't. Why somali history in particular?. |
| Anonymous | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 12:15 am
salaam alaykum brother,
I have limited information regarding it. History is one of my favorite subjects. I left somalia as a child that is why i lack so many things i wanted to know. I have searched several times for such books, the only time i succeeded was 8yrs ago and that was a book written back in the 1960s.
Unfortunately, many ppl told me that it had discrepancies, so i was wondering if i could get a help from you or any other person.
salaam alaykum. |
| wanaagsane | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 01:00 am
assalamu calaykum:
bro/sis what kind of books are you looking for bro/sis?...what level .
There are places you can write to if you want to read books written on somalia:
- the school of oriental and african studies in london....one of the few authorities about somalia is called Lewis...and antropologist...there are alot of discrepencies in his wrtiting but give it a try.....
- The university of Rome.....there is a section dealing with somali history..or maybe the univeristy of bologna.
-al azhar university in cairo
-the african institute in stockholm
-some american universities,,,, |
| Anonymous | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 01:18 am
salaam alaykum,
Dear brother,
Thank you for your reply. Can you please give me
the address of at least one of the places that you have mentioned above.
Jazaak Allah Kheer.
salaam alaykum |
| formerguest. | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 01:54 am
Anonymous.
I think Wanaagsane was helpful in providing at least the direction though not complete. I understand why you wanted to read the history now. Somali history is one subject I never bothered in my entire book reading. Sorry to be unhelpful right there. For me it is like "What is there to know?". For people like you it is good for them to know their history. You missed a lot of communal education through somali folklore though based most of the time on unfounded claims and biased tribal views. Stay open minded and don't get infected with the killer desease of tribalism. You won't be able to think clearly with sound reasoning. |
| Tlabgirl | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 05:54 am
Salaam,
Anonymous, try www.nomadnet.com....they have links to various places.
I tumbled into this site a while ago while I was surfing the net and came a cross an article in the New York times talking about how the Somali Jews will have problems in the New Somalia...I was supprised. Didn't even know there were Somali Jews.
By the way Anon, if you come across some good books, let me know pls...I'm very green in this matter too.
salaams,
TLG |
| Anonymous | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 06:04 am
salaam alaykum,
Formerguest, Jazak Allah for the second time. I will definitely keep your advise in mind and the many other advises that you have previously told me...Jazaak Allah kheer my dearest brother.
TLG: my dearest sister, Jazzak Allah for your information and if i find anything valuable, i'll insha-allah post it for you.
salaam alaykum. |
| Trauntlabgirl | Friday, November 17, 2000 - 11:22 am
Salaams,
Anonymous,
I made a mistake....the URL I gave u was incorrect. It is www.nomadnet.org
However, don't waste your time going there....I checked it out and it looks useless...they must have changed it since the summer. Sorry.
salaams,
TLG |
