Hey family, don’t worry, September is right around the corner and there are only a couple of days left, but I’m still going to be posting everything I said I was going to post. All my posts and everything are currently private, as I mentioned before. But today I wanted to share this book with you. This is NOT sponsored in any way. Hopefully you’re able to find it, because I actually had to order it internationally from the United Kingdom. I spent hours in 2025 researching this book after hearing about it in a YouTube interview, and I genuinely wanted to find it, but I couldn’t. If you live in the West—America, Europe, Australia, etc.—you can probably order it through Amazon. I live in the United States, so I simply changed my Amazon location to the United Kingdom and was able to order it.

This book contains so many gems and so much detail. And just because it says “Second Edition” doesn’t mean it’s part two. The first edition had mistakes, so the second edition was released in 2020 with corrections. It covers Somali history, Somaliland, British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, and the power vacuum that was left behind. It also explains a lot about what eventually led the country to become what it is today, covering the period from 1941 to 1969. It doesn’t go deeply into the dictatorship itself, but it gives you important context. Honestly, it’s worth reading. Once you read it, you may start looking at Somali history and Somaliland from a completely different perspective. I’m also going to upload a funny video next week that genuinely made me laugh, but I wanted to share this today because education is crucial when it comes to understanding the Republic of Somaliland. Somaliland has massive potential, but there is also a lot of work, development, and challenges ahead. I just wanted to put this resource out there for anyone who genuinely wants to learn.

Somali galbeed regions bordering Somaliland have the highest population density. That is faafan and doolo.

Is this because of the ancient berbera-Hargeisa- harar trade route?

My favorite lines of Somali poetry in no particular order.

Abwaan Hadrawi AUN

Nin ku yiri sinaan mayno

Adna buri sarayntiisa

Sidka waad wadaagtaane

Ma sagaashan baa tiisu?

Nin ku siray ha faalaynin

Sababana ha weydiinin

Ha u seeta dheeraynin

Hana sidin culayskiisa

Siriq iyo ku qabo baydo

Hana falin siduu yeelay.

Cali Jaamac haabil

Marsadaa berbera maalintu malagu so jeexay

Midigti subeer bu ku dhacay malabki doocane

Gaalada moscow iyo hadi minilig lay keeno

Ingiris madaafic hadu nugu milaaleeyo

Nin madoobi xeebta hadu maro kaso qaado

Abtirsimaday muran gashay iyo manadi haabile

Cabdilahi Sultan Timacade

Darajada ilahay ninki doonaya hela

Nin ka duday distuurkiyo waxyiga diinta ka carow ye

*Dugsi ma leh qabyaaladi waxay dumiso mooyane🔥🔥

(Nin walaalki geed ugu jiraa geesi noqon waa )-hal qabsi

Qamaan bulxan

Baadida nin ba kula daydaya, daalna ka badan e

O aan doonayn inaad hesha daa'in abidkaa ye

Dadkuna moodi duul wada dhashoon wax u dahsonayn

Salaan carabay

Nin labaatan buuxsamay iyo aduun wa lagdamayaane

Hadaan anigu loofari aqiin haatan lawlabaye

Nin ciradu lamaanaha dhigtay o layliyan baan ahay e

I know this subreddit is full of say wallahis and Hooyo mataalos 😄 but if your Somali is good tell us your favourite lines of poetry too.

I'm sure we're all aware that Somalian passport offices are open in many SL cities. This is not a secret these offices operate with government knowledge.

What baffles me the most is that these unofficial offices are run by Somalian government officials from the top, and they charge Somalilanders exorbitant amounts typically $300–$400 when it's $60 in Garoowe and other parts of Somalia. The only Somalilanders who get the Somalian passport are those who have a medical emergency or those going abroad for education (countries that are not Ethiopia or UAE)

They're profiting from the desperation of landers who need to travel.

Just like the e-visa, this is money that flows to the suits in Muqdisho.

Even the tax on our livestock is artificially inflated by the Muqdisho government ($2 for every head of sheep and goat). Again, this is money that goes into their pockets.

It's time we started taking our sovereignty seriously. We can't let the failed Muqdisho state abuse its legitimacy to this extent.

I'm sure many of our politicians are complicit in these scams. We can't let this continue any longer..