Advertisements From The 1960s Somali Newspapers (Dalka,1965)

[General Asad]

There was a vibrant free press in newly independent Somalia, with independent newspapers like Dalka, as well as government publications like the daily Sawt al-Somal in Arabic and Corriere della Somalia in Italian, and the weekly English newspaper The Somali News.

These newspapers would all cease publication following the military coup in 1969, which replaced them with The October Star. After the adoption of the Somali national orthography in 1972, the state newspaper switched to Somali as Xiddigta Oktoobar.

 

[General Asad]

 

[Grant]

Dalka was a gem! There were articles in English as well as in the pre-1972 Latin Af Somali script.
Copies were hard to come by, and they were treasured.

 

[General Asad]

Dalka was a gem! There were articles in English as well as in the pre-1972 Latin Af Somali script.
Copies were hard to come by, and they were treasured.

Do you happen to have a hard copy of it?

It must be nice to sift through it from time to time for the nostalgia and the thrill.

 

[Omar del Sur]

Al-Zubair ibn ‘Adi reported: We came to Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, and we complained to him of what we suffered from the ruler Al-Hajjaj. Anas said, “Be patient, for an era will not come upon but that what comes after is worse, until you meet your Lord. I heard it from your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6657

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

 

[Grant]

Do you happen to have a hard copy of it?

It must be nice to sift through it from time to time for the nostalgia and the thrill.

Wish I did...