Did you know 1
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- ... that Zahra Mohamed Ahmad (pictured), who gives legal advice at the Somali Women Development Centre, is said to be a Woman of Courage?
- ...that the Somali Ajuuraan State excelled in hydraulic engineering and fortress building?
Did you know 2
Did you know 3
- ...that Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (pictured), was the emir of Diriye Guure, the Sultan of the Dervish State, whom with the Haroun led a resistance war against British, Italian and Ethiopian forces for over two decades?
Did you know 4
- ...that Somalia was and still is known as the Nation of Poets?
Did you know 5
- ...that Somali maritime enterprise stretches back to antiquity?
Did you know 6
- ...that Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, a Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate, invaded Ethiopia and defeated several Ethiopian emperors, wreaking much damage on that kingdom?
Did you know 7
- ...that the Fakr ad-Din mosque is the oldest Islamic building in the Horn of Africa?