''The Somali Dervish'' was an epic film directed by
Said Salah
Said Salah Ahmed ( so, Saciid Saalax Axmed, ar, سعيد صالح أحمد) is a Somali playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker.
Life
Said Salah was previously a biology teacher in Somalia. In 1984-1985, Ahmed directed his first feature film, ...
and
Amar Sneh
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Given name
* Amar (British singer) (born 1982), British Indian singer born Amar Dhanjal
* Amar (Lebanese singer) (born 1986), born Amar Mahmoud Al Tahech
* Amar Bose (1929–2013), Founder of Bose Corporation
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between 1983 and 1985. It is one of the few full-length feature films to have been produced in
Somalia.
With a budget of $1.8 million, the 4-hour-and-40-minute epic followed the life of
Muhammad Abdullah Hassan
Sayid Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan ( so, Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; 1856–1920) was a Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement, which led a two-decade long confrontation with various colonial empires including the British, ...
, emir of Darawiish sultan
Diiriye Guure Diiriye may refer to:
* Diriye Osman, Somali-British writer
* Abdillahi Diiriye Guled, Somali scholar
* Diiriye Guure, king of the Darawiish sultanate
*Asha Gelle Dirie, activist for Puntite and Puntland women
*Waris Dirie Waris may refer to:
...
of the revolutionary
Darawiish anti-colonialists. Seven languages were used for film dialogue:
Somali,
Arabic,
Italian,
English, and three regional dialects. The movie included an actual descendant of
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan as its star, Sheikh Osman Mohamoud Omar, and featured hundreds of actors and extras.
Once thought to be lost, the movie was found in the National Film Archive of India in late 2019.
References
External links
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Darwiishka Soomaaliyeed
1985 films
English-language Somalian films
Somalian drama films
1985 drama films
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