Saqawadin and Dheere Xaaji Dheere, TWo RER XAMAR nationalist

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:45 pm

In case you don't know these two SYL leaders were Reer XAMAr and they came from Baraawa. Rer Xamar produced more nationalist figures than any single clan in Somalia. They are sure the future of Somalia.

Mureedi · Post by **Mureedi** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:48 pm

Molto grazie Absame.

Tell these mathashagas what reer Xamar did for this country. We participated in the nation building but never in it's destruction

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:54 pm

I just wonna educate the likes of the Iljeexo Galia and Ashlee and Surria for what Reer Xamar has done for Somalia.

Most Reer Xamar don't know these two men. Why is that? Laughing

COSTA · Post by **COSTA** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:56 pm

Saqaawadiin or Sarkhaawi Laughing

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:58 pm

Costa aka Ashlee, Saqaawadiin Yeah Laughing

Galol · Post by **Galol** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:58 pm

Absame

looool.

I think you are just following a long tradition of Kombos seeking the protection of `lowly' tribes when the chit hits the fan.

Afterall it was your uncle Ina Cabdille xasan and his defeated men who said this to the riverine clans at Qallafe " Sanyartii saancad bey noqotee sanweynta allow sabaalee".

Funnily enough he called the whole of the Kings African Rifles "yam yam and qadaadweyn" (Yappers and fat necks") only a year or two earlier.

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:01 pm

Galol, how old are you old man. I wonder If you are 60 or above.

Rer Xamar will unite Somalia and we will give the vice presidency to a Rer Benadir.

Galol · Post by **Galol** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:14 pm

Absame

Sakhawadeen? Wasnt that some kind of an egyptian envoy? Now you saying that but the name doesnt sound egyptian. I knew the school and the road named after him but I thought that was just typical Wallaweyn nignogs sucking up to an Arab guy. Are you saying he was actually Somali?

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:14 pm

Galol , Being Somali is like being American. We all trace our origins to some unknown places.

He was Baraawiyaan, Reer Barawe. Reer Baraawe are divided into three sections, the Hashimites, the Tuni, and Ashraaf. The Hashimites came to Somalia long time and mixed with the natives the Tuni. It is said that they mixed with the Bantus, so their language , Braawe was derived from both Arabic and Bantu language.

History from Wikipedia
Brava was founded in the ninth century (900 A.D). It is believed that the first person to settle in Brava was a man from Qara, supposedly with his family and court. He found the place as a type of equatorial bush, full of trees, branches and spread ramifications everywhere. Thereafter he ordered his servants (Supposedly the hired indigenous) to root out the trees, and created a spot suitable for human life. He then subsided there and named it 'Brava'.

In 1506, Barawa was reduced to ashes by the Portuguese fleet and became a major Portuguese port, but in league with other coastal towns, it liberated itself from Portuguese rule in 1758 when it became part of the coastal alliances led by the Zanzibar Sultanate. In 1840, when the Bardheere JamaÂ’a looking for an outlet to the sea attacked Barawa, the town was burned and the people appealed to the sultan of Zanzibar for protection. However, in 1889, Barawa fell into the hands of the Italians when the Sultan of Zanzibar was forced to agree to the annexation of the Banadir ports to the Italian colonial administration of the Horn. Barawa resisted the Italians.

Sheikh Uways al-Baraawi organized his Ikhwaan and instigated the Banadir revolt, which was defeated in 1908. Sheikh Uways migrated to Biyoley to reorganize his Ikhwan but was killed in 1909. His successor Khalif Sheikh Faraj was also killed in 1925. However, the Uwaysiyya order, named after the martyr Sheikh Uways, emerged throughout southern Somalia and East Africa, establishing jamaÂ’as in the riverine region, which became strongholds of the educated elite and refuge for the disadvantaged.

From these Jama'as, many influential political leaders emerged to form modern Somali political parties. Abdulkadir Sakhawuddin, the founder of the Somali Youth Club (SYC), in 1943, was not only an Uwaysi leader but also the grandson of Sheikh Uways. Barawa was the stronghold of Hizbiya Digil-Mirifle (HDM) founded in 1947. In addition to Sheikh Uways, Baraawe could boast of notable Ulama in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence, Hadith, Tafsir and Sufi literature, among them Sheikh Nureini Sabiri, Sheikh Qassim al-Baraawi, Sheikh Ma'llim Nuri and a female poet-saint, Dada Masiti.

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Bravanese people and language
The Bravanese people are a distinct ethnic group within Somalia. As their name suggests, they are found only in the town of Brava, which until the 1970s was entirely inhabited by them. They are believed to be of mixed Arab, Portuguese and other descent.

The Bravanese language, which is known as Chimwiini or ChiMwini, is a dialect of Swahili. Quite a few Bravanese also speak Somali because it offers educational and employment opportunities outside of Brava.

Following the collapse of the Somali state in the Somali Civil War, Bravanese have faced persecution and many have fled the town.

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Economy
Barawa was famous for traditional crafts, such as the weaving of the Aliindi or Kikoy cloth, and hats, Kofiya Barawi, worn by dignitaries even today, traditional sandals, shields and belts, furniture, and several types of cooking pots, still locally made including the clay horned stoves seen in the heyban pottery.

Barawa had a distinctive style of woodcarving and furniture making, such as the Â‘Atiir Â“wedding bed,Â” the wambar (Â“wooden leather covered stoolsÂ”) and the mihmil Â“QurÂ’an holder.Â” Gold and silver necklaces, bracelets and jewelry containers were produced, as were metal trunks, tea/coffee pots, iron beds, spears and arrows.

Barawa is also known for its own architectural style. Wider streets and larger windows are common. Barawa has many two story houses with bridges constructed over the streets so that women or the elderly could visit other houses without having to walk down into the street. The town was divided into major quarters each with a main Masjid. Coral was transported by camel carts and burned to make lime for buildings, a wise use of traditional skills that was more economical than using imported cement.

Galol · Post by **Galol** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:24 pm

Absame

The analogy with America is the least appropriate. The place is boringly homogeneous. And that aint a good thing it appears.

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:28 pm

95% but not 100%. What about the Brava language. Tunis have their own langauge similar to Brava but quite different. Bajuni speak similar but different accent. They are called the coastal people. They stretch all the way to Mombasa.

ABSAME' · Post by **ABSAME'** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:30 pm

Them girls are damn HOT

Galol · Post by **Galol** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:58 pm

Absame

"them girls are hot"

Steady on old boy. What are you on about?

Cilmiile · Post by **Cilmiile** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:53 pm

Absame,

dhere xaaji dheere was Majeerteen.

Sakhaawadiin was Barawaani

Xaaji Maxamed Xuseen was the real Reer Xamar guy. Great political leader. I read a short biography of the Xaaji by his H.E. Maxamed Cismaan Cumar, the distinguished reer Xamar Somali diplomat and author.

Cilmiile · Post by **Cilmiile** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:59 pm

Sakhaawadiin died in 1948, one year after his dream of the expansion of SYL came true. The organization formed in 1943 was called the Somali Youth Club, formed in Xamar by those intrepid 13 heroes. In 1947 SYC was renamed the Somali Youth League, reborn in Jigjiga with a more militant and explicitly political agenda. The choice of Jigjiga - then, like most of Somalia - under the British was deliberate because they wanted to expand the political activities of the SYL to all parts of Somalia and for a while they were successful until they met some resistance in Isaaq areas, the Isaaqs eventually opting for their own political parties.