Abdi Aadan Xaad (Abdi Qays ) Poet Isaaq From Q3

Abdi Qeys: Singer-Songwriter/Musician, Poet And Playwright :

somali laga xaday

xeebtaa jabuute

somali laga xaday

hadii aan xagaa tagay

maan jabinin xeerke

maxaa laygu soo xidhay

The group that was in the forefront or the Vanguard was called "Barkhad Cas". This group in which abdi qeys was a member, included almost all of Somaliland’s best and brightest singers and musicians. The group was combined of a nine man and a one-woman dynamo that played for huge, adoring crowds, in national theaters and clubs across the country. The group included singers, such as; Mohamed Mogeh, Ahmed Mogeh, Abdullah Zag Zag, Xodeydeh, Abdi-Qays, Cabdirahmaan Hassan, Ahmed Ali "Drum", Ahmed Mohamed Good "Shimber", Faisel Qamar Mushteeg and last, but not least, Sahara Siyaad. Sahara Siyaad is considered by many Somaliland singers and musicians as one of the top female singers of all time.

Abdi Qays Wins An International Award:

Stockholm, Sweden, April 10, 2004 (SL Times) – Abdi Adan Qays, the highly gifted poet, playerwright, songwriter, singer and musician is touring Scandinavia to collect the award he won during an international poetry festival.

A poem he wrote during his long imprisonment by the late Somali dictator, Siyad Barre, won the first prize from a competition of 500 international poems.

The poem is an imaginary poetic discourse between the poet and a donkey that was also imprisoned by Siyad Barre’s military government during the early 1970s. The poet’s depiction of prison conditions from both human and animal rights perspective, is agonizing, mesmerizing and refreshing. By composing a poem about animal rights, Abdi Qays has added to his already solid and extensive work.

The Somaliland People congratulates Abdi Qays for the prestigious award.

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