cravings in in their mouth and guiltiness in their hearts;
What a way to avert the wear and tear that hurts;
Aweys Warsame
Oh Merka Cadeey...
Do you remember me! Does “ Benadir or Merkaawi “ refresh your memory. We were inseparable friends. We lived together in harmony. We even shared the same name.
We are bound by history. We are interwoven by culture. We were urged to detach from each other. I did not abandon you. You always lived in my heart.
You fell in the hands of ruthless strangers. They showed no mercy toward you. They physically destroyed you. They mutilated your beautiful face. It is hard to recognize you today.
Your soul however remained intact. It is hard to make it disappear. You resisted destruction of your inner glow. We share the same soul. It is hard to make it vanish.
Oh Merka... Do you now remember me?
We shared the same authenticity. It is hard to dissolve our long standing history. I want to come back to you. I want to re construct what is lost in your appearance. Please forgive me if you thought that I have abandoned you.
osmanart
Dr Muctar Sidi Osman
Volleyball Player Star at School
Surgeon, Urologist in Germany
Visual Artist
Dr Mohamed Buwe Osman
Trained in Russia
Practiced Medicine in Kenya & Somalia
United Nations Physician
Physician in the US
Accomplished Visual Artist
Founder osmanart & Somali Medical Association websites
Activist for the Cause of Humanity
Politicians:
Mr Ahmed Habib: Minister of Planning 1970s
Mr Khalif M. Samantar: Minister of Information 1970s
Mr Osman Ali Bosle(Deceased) Minister of Veterinary 1970
Medical Doctors
Osman "Raajo"(Australia)
Ridwaan Naaji ( Yemen )
Mohamud Naaji ( Yemen )
Abdurahmaan "Laad"( Italy )
Muctar Sidi ( Germany )
Mohamed Buwe ( USA )
Mohamed Yusuf "Fircown" ?
Mohamed Abukar"Mostro" ?
Dr Mohamed Salad ( USA )
Abdurahim Musalam ( Italy )
Faduma Gentile ( USA )
Faduma Hashim ( SAUDI ARABIA )
Sharifa musalam ?
Bibi Sharif ?
Osman Sharif/Chino/ ( ITALY )
Abanur Sh Ali( Tarbanes)( YEMEN )
Abdi Musa Samantar ( ? )
Najat / Italy
Attorneys
Mohamed Ali, Chief Military judge
Shekh Aden
Omar Addo
Omar Zuber
Agronomists:
Hussein Mao
PhD in Agronomy
Researcher in Canada
Aweys Awaare
Vancouver, Canada
Mariam sharif
Salem Aba Ali
Osman Sidi Osman
Mohamed Ahmed Mao
United Nations, FAO
Engineers:
Aweys Warsame
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Osman Sharif
Canada, USA
Sharafo Haji Sufi
Somalia
Ashir Mohamed abukar/ USA /
Omar abdi Mohamed. chief Executive of UNICEF now
Vetenary Doctors:
Osman Noor
Mohamed abdi Arush
Educators
Sig.ra Zanzani/Italy
Sig.ra Rosse Conforti/Italy
Sig.ra Coretecchia/Italy
Helen Zigmund/USA
Salem Omar/Somali
Shekhmat/Deceased
Bashaash
Saalax Salem/deceased
Gaaxtaan
Ali Munassar
Sharif Hashim
Geelle
Suubane Haaji Suufi /somalia
Abukar Dibo /Australia
Professors:
Dr Ahmed Maye ( Chemistry )
Dr Abuukar Dhalo ( Chemistry )
Dr Hussein Mao ( Agronomist )
Others:
Faduma Ahmadey ( Chemist )
Salem Mao ( Computers )
Shekh Buwe Osman ( Accountant )
Khalif Mussa Samanatar, future Minister/middle
Mohamed Buwe Osman, future MD/Right
Osman "urbukur" future Vetenerian 1969 in Merka
Mohamed Buwe Osman
1962 Best Reader
Ooh....Merka
Children of Merka
Views of Merka
Poems about Merka
Oh! Merca
1) Your gentle noises mix the whisper of sea waves, music, prayers, engine drone and laughter
Your Indian sea plays rhythmic beats alternating between the coral reefs and the sandy beaches
Your beautiful star-filled sky inspire many to retreat into the roof-tops to dream of great feat
Your night noises lull your sons to a long sleep filled with dreams rich in optimism and lofty ideals
2) Your markets hum with traders and merchants who bargain to secure deals for your villages
Your sons sip tea, play football and flock to the available spaces to read, think and explore
Your daughters paint the town streets with colors and fill the air with romantic fragrance
Your boys bow to the sweet-scented air evoking romantic frenzy in their minds and hearts
3) Your whistling winds are tamed through narrow alleys to caress the red undulating dunes over the hills
Your white-washed walls flash the smile of a playful baby who just suckled his Mom’s rich milk
Your birds glide above and vanish into the skyline over the ocean to inspire freedom in the heart
Your sons pride in diversity as your culture nurtures tolerance and wisdom that breeds harmony
4) Your muezzin, at dawn, calls for the prayers as your crows take it to the hearts of the faithful
Your believers flock into the mosques to thank God for the gift of life and pray for peace
Your sky turns into breathtaking rosy as it anticipates new day filled with your rhymes and beats
Your moon dims its light like a dying gasoline lamp running out of fuel to give way to the upcoming sun
5) Your morning sun fades away the dew in the air, as the gleaming waves evoke breeze that is consoling
