# Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar (Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar)

> Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar: Somali journalist, Islamic scholar and Somali poetry expert, ex-BBC Somali.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## Who is he?

Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar is a Somali journalist and Islamic scholar ([Wikipedia, Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamoud_Sheikh_Dalmar)). He worked for many years with Somali media outlets and with the BBC's Somali service (same source).

## Today

He works as a radio and television producer in the United Kingdom for the private Somali network Horn Cable TV ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamoud_Sheikh_Dalmar)). Wikipedia describes him as a public intellectual and an authority on Muslim scripture, and an expert on Somali poetry and on Arabic grammar, syntax and calligraphy (same source). Somali Wikipedia gives the same account ([Wikipedia (Somali), Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxamuud_Sheekh_Dalmar)).

## In short

A broadcaster and scholar of Islam, Somali poetry and Arabic, formerly of the [BBC Somali Service](/en/society/bbc-somali/).

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