Scholars and religious figures
Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar (Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar)
Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar is a Somali journalist and Islamic scholar who worked for many years for Somali media and the BBC Somali Service, and now produces radio and television in the UK for Horn Cable TV. He is known as an authority on Somali poetry and on Arabic grammar and calligraphy.
Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh DalmarMaxamuud Sheekh Dalmar · Mohamoud Dalmar
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who is he?
Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar is a Somali journalist and Islamic scholar (Wikipedia, 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). 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).
In short
A broadcaster and scholar of Islam, Somali poetry and Arabic, formerly of the BBC Somali Service.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia (Somali), Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar · so.wikipedia.org
Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh DalmarMaxamuud Sheekh Dalmar · Mohamoud Dalmar
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
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