Hassan Dahir Aweys

Hassan Dahir Aweys

male
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, aged 61 in 2006, was the head of the 90-member shura council of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. Aweys is viewed as...
Sharif Ahmed

Sharif Ahmed

male, 45 years old
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is a member of the Islamic Court Union (ICU), which controlled Somalia's capital of Mogadishu and much of south and...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

female, 40 years old
This individual dismissed Warraq's unique and important collection on apostasy in Islam, because Warraq (and by extension, all Muslim apostates)...
Mohammed Farah

Mohammed Farah

male, 26 years old
Mohammed "Mo" Farah (born 23 March, 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a British international track and field athlete from London. He competes mainly...
Mohamed Farrah Aidid

Mohamed Farrah Aidid

male, deceased (1996)
General Mohamed Farrah Aidid was a controversial Somali leader, often described as a warlord. He was the chairman of United Somali Congress (USC)...
Martin Adler

Martin Adler

male, deceased (2006)
Martin John Lars Adler was a Swedish cameraman and journalist. Martin Adler was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Swedish father and a British...

Magool

female
Magool (c. May 2, 1948 - March 19, 2004) was a Somali singer and musician. She was a beloved singer in Somalia. Magool was born as Halima Khaliif...
Dan Eldon

Dan Eldon

male, deceased (1993)
Daniel Robert Eldon (September 18, 1970 in Hampstead, England - July 12, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia) was a British photojournalist. He was working...
Michael Durant

Michael Durant

male, 48 years old
Michael 'Mike' J. Durant (born July 23, 1961) is the American pilot who was held prisoner after a raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993....
Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson

male
Scott Peterson is a writer. He was a Middle East correspondent for the "Daily Telegraph" but as of 2000 was a staff writer and Moscow bureau chief...