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This is a list of Somali aristocratic and court titles that were historically used by the Somali people's various sultanates, kingdoms and empires. Also included are the honorifics reserved for Islamic notables as well as traditional leaders and officials within Somali customary law ( xeer ), in addition to the nobiliary particles set aside for ...
Aw (sometimes spelled Au) [1] [2] [3] is an honorific title in the Harari and Somali languages. [4] [5] [6] It commonly designates a father, respected elder or saint in Harari and Somali languages. [7] [8] [9] It is used widely and most commonly in the Somali territories. [10]
Hussein Ahmed Salah, a Somalia-born former long-distance runner from Djibouti, won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also won silver medals in this event at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships, as well as the 1985 IAAF World Marathon Cup. Many Somalia-born athletes have found success in the diaspora.
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
Samatar was born in northern Indiana, United States. [2] Her father was the Somali scholar, historian and writer Said Sheikh Samatar. Her mother is a Swiss-German Mennonite from North Dakota. [2] [3] Sofia's parents met in 1970 in Mogadishu, Somalia, while her mother was teaching English. [4]
Consulates-General are staffed by career consulate foreign nationals, usually with full diplomatic protection. Honorary consuls are accredited US citizens or residents who have official standing but are usually part-time [2] [3] The United States Department of State's Chicago regional office serves these missions.
Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla, sociologist and politician; President of the Somali Family Care Network; Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia; Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator; Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
His name is the source of the ethnonym Somali. [1] As the purported ancestor of most pastoralist clans living in the northern part of Somalia, Samaale lies at the basis of the largest and most widespread Somali lineage (the second largest lineage belonging to Samaale's brother Sab, the purported progenitor of most southern, cultivating clans). [1]