“Mogadiscio – interno della moschea Giama”

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“Mogadishu – Interior of the Giama mosque”, circa 1901 (from an Italian magazine). Any comments?

“Mogadiscio – Moschea Scek-Sufi”

Sheik Sufi mosque

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Mogadiscio

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Posted 1937

Looking towards Cabdul Aziz mosque in the far centre distance, with Campo Militare (?) on the right and  the Piazza 21 April monument in the right forground

Somalia – Mogadiscio – La tomba di Scek Suffi

Location? Somewhere on the hill that Villa Somalia sits on top of.

On the top left looks like a chimney coming from what was previously a power station in the old centre of town.

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Dhikr / Dikri in Waaberi in 1988/89

Two audio tape recordings taken in 1988, in the neighbourhood behind Tre Biano, in Waaberi

Tape 1 Side A HR Mp3 Recorded 29 March 1988 Tape note says “Rashidiya – Salahiya” Is this correct or mistaken? What school/tariqa is this dikri?

Tape 1 Side B HR Mp3 As above

Tape 2 Side A HR Mp3 Recorded 29 March 1988 Tape note says “Rashidiya – Salahiya”Is this correct or mistaken? What school/tariqa is this dikri?

Tape 2 Side B HR Mp3 As above. But one third of the tape was not used, and what remains is an earlier recording of Somali music of the same period

See also video recordings of dhikr on this website

See the Wikipedia entry on dhikr   and the entry on  Islam in Somalia, particularly the sub-section on Religious Sunni-Sufi orders and Islamic Somali Scholars. 

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Dhikr / Dikri in Mogadishu

“Dhikr… is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. Dhikr as a devotional act often includes the repetition of the names of Allah…A group dhikr ceremony in Arabic countries is usually called the hadrah”  (from the Wikipedia entry on dhikr)

 

Undated dhikr, possibly from the 1980s. Long, good sound.

See others in the same series of 18 videos:17, 16, 15, 14,13, 12, 11, 10, 8, 7, 6,5, 4, 3, 2,

Dhikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s [1980s dikr Somalia 1]

Dhikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s [Somalia 1980s dikri 2]

Video records of Mogadishu on YouTube…1

In the 1960s

Aadan Cade Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay 1963 -SomalSwiss.net

In 1984

Taariikhdii Somalia Somali history 1960-91 – SomaliSwiss.net

Dhikr… is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. Dhikr as a devotional act often includes the repetition of the names of Allah  (from the Wikipedia entry on dhikr)

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (1st). 

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (2nd)

Undated dikr, possibly from the 1980s. Long, good sound. Others