Omar Osman Rabe

Omar Osman Rabe
عسمان عمررابي
Politician
Personal details
Born 1946
Borama, British Somaliland
Died April 17th, 2013
Cairo, Egypt
Nationality Djiboutian
Occupation Politician, Scholar

Omar Osman Rabe (Arabic: عسمان عمررابي) (1946 – 2013) was a Somali scholar, write, politician and Pan-Somalist of the former Cote Francaise des Somalis or French Somaliland and the Republic of Djibouti. He was born in Borama in the Awdal region of Somalia in 1946 and died in Cairo, Egypt in 2013.

History

Omar Osman Rabeh was raised under the French colonial rule and started his struggle against the French at an early age.[1] He was a Somali politician and a pan-Somalist , he joined the "Parti Du Mouvement Populaire (PMP)" in 1960.[2]

Accused of having participated in an assassination attempt against the French appointed Prime Minister, Ali Aref Bourhan on May 6, 1968, he was sentenced to death on 27 May 1968. Although on November 27, 1968 his execution sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was transferred in December 1968 to the "Centre de détention de Muret" in Haute-Garonne, in the region of Occitanie. in France.[2]

After spending 7 years in the "Centre de détention de Muret" , the French jail, he was later traded for the French Ambassador to Somalia, John Gueury who was kidnapped by the "Front de libération de la Côte des Somalis" (FLCS), the French Somali Coast Liberation Front. While in jail, he achieved a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Toulouse in 1979.[3]

Later on he moved to Djibouti, and became the director of the "l'École normale" in 1980. He also partook in the training of the "Parti Populaire Djiboutien" (PPD) in 1981, then moved to Somalia in 1982. Eventually he moved to France and then Canada. He published his autobiography, Le Cercle et la spirale in 1984, shortly after he was stripped of his Djiboutian citizenship.

He returned to Djibouti in the 2000s, where he became a presidential adviser and head of the research center "de l'institut de géopolitique au Centre d'études et de recherche de Djibouti" (CERD).[4]

He devoted his time to seeking Somali unity and to educate young Somalis, in Ottawa, Canada he founded "L'ecole Ibn Battouta", a French Immersion Islamic school. The school is considered to be one of the best and serves the Muslim community. Omar Osman Rabe also authored many books and articles on Somali culture, psychology and nationalism.

Publications

  • Le Cercle et la spirale, Paris, Les Lettres libres, 1984.[5]
  • République de Djibouti ou roue de secours d’… Éthiopie, Ivry, Ateliers Silex, 1985.
  • L’État et le pansomalisme, Paris, Le Derwish, 1988.
  • The Somali nation, III : the state and society, theorical considerations, Paris : Seecop, 1985.
  • The Somali nation, 2 : present-day considerations and questions as the future : nomadism and technology, 1984
  • The Somali nation : historical considerations and issues for the future, Aulnay-s-bois 1983.
  • Somalia : psychology of the nomad, 1983.
  • La mentalité nomade ou l'Antinomie état/clans, Djibouti, RDD : Institut d'études politiques et stratégiques (IEPS), 2010.
  • The Somali Nomad, Hamburg, 1983
  • Examen de conscience et autocritique philosophiques : Liberté et prison, Toulouse2: 1979.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wardheernews.com/dr-omar-osman-rabeh-a-somali-hero-in-a-nation-lacking-heroes/
  2. 1 2 Alwan, Daoud Aboubaker; Mibrathu, Yohanis (2000-01-01). Historical Dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810838734.
  3. ↑ Voir le site du SUDOC.
  4. ↑ Site du CERD.
  5. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ARabeh%2C+Omar+Osman%2C&qt=hot_author
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