How difficult it is to be a Mahmúd

Ethnogenesis of the Somali People and language

by Barbora Zelenková on December 31, 2017

Ethnogenesis describes the early nation-building process of Somalis, about whom references can be found in Ethiopian written records from at least the beginning of 1500 AD, under the name Somalis.1.The term ‘Somalis’ appears for the first time in a … Read More

How difficult it is to be a Mahmúd

by Barbora Zelenková on October 7, 2016

We are riding in an old battered Ford by the desert while the sun sets, after an afternoon swimming in Ain Sukhna – from the hotel´s beach resort. This is one of the few beaches in Egypt where mixed groups … Read More

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