Gadabuursi
The Gadabuursi (Somali: Gadaabuursi, Arabic: غادابوورسي), also known as Samaroon, is a northern Somali clan. It is a sub-division of the Dir.
Overview
Most Gadabuursi members are descendants of Sheikh Samaroon. However, Samaroon does not necessarily mean Gadabuursi, but rather represents only a sub-clan of the Gadabuursi clan family.
As a Dir sub-clan, the Gadabuursi have immediate lineal ties with the Issa of Djibouti, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys) of central/southern Somalia, the Biyomaal of southern Somalia, the Gaadsan subclan of Biimal in Ethiopia and Kenya and the Gurgure .
In terms of subsistence patterns, the Gadabuursi are mainly sedentary agro-pastoralists, supplementing their cattle herding with cereal cultivation.
Politically, the Gadabuursi are represented by the Somali Democratic Alliance (SDA). The former president of the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia, Dahir Rayale Kahin, also hails from the Gadabuursi clan.
Distribution
The Gadabuursi are concentrated in northwestern Somalia and are the pre-dominant clan of the Awdal region.
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by: CymarronRing, ring, telephone rings
Somebody said
Baby, whatcha doing
I been wondering where you been
Now and then
I think about you and me
No use fighting bout
Things we can't recall
It don't matter now at all
Just come on home
Baby, we'll laugh and sing
We'll make love
We'll let the telephone ring
Ring, ring, doorbell ring
Baby, come on in
Got James Taylor on the stereo
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I've been feeling down
Just talking to Tony and Mario
You know they make
Good conversation
Still it ain't no consolation
Cause I got love
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And if somebody comes
We'll let the doorbell ring
Said ring, ring, golden ring
Around the sun
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Anybody can be a singer
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I swear you never looked
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Hand in hand
We'll stand upon the sand
With the preacher man
Let the wedding bells ring
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With the preacher man
Let the wedding bells ring