Qaraami
Category: Genre
Summary
Qaraami is a Somali song category especially associated with poetic love expression, measured melodic delivery and the oud, known in Somali usage as kaban or related spellings. The label can overlap with broader ideas of classic Somali song, and its boundaries have shifted across periods and audiences. An apparently intimate love song may carry a much wider field of memory, moral argument and social relationship. It is therefore both a musical repertory and a way of hearing Somali poetic modernity. [1]
Contemporary and trending
Qaraami remains a repertoire of interpretation, listening and transmission within changing Somali public life. Afrax’s account of continuity and innovation provides a way to understand older song alongside newer practices without treating a preserved melody as the whole present musical field. Djiboutian musical accounts also retain distinct Afar and Somali histories within one national public. [2] [3]
History
The history connects earlier Somali poetic, work and dance forms with twentieth-century urban song, radio and new accompaniment. Belwo and qaraami drew on existing conventions while changing the scale and form of sung expression. Radio Hargeysa and other institutions helped composers, poets, singers and players reach a wider Somali-language public. Later political upheaval and migration made recordings and personal memory especially consequential. The music should not be narrated only as a lost golden age: archival survival and continuing practice are chapters of the same social history. [4]
Musical characteristics
Listen to how the voice stretches a melodic line around a text and how the oud answers, supports or anticipates it. A restrained texture can make small turns of phrasing particularly expressive. Percussion and other instruments vary by period and arrangement. The relationship between poetic meter and melody matters, but a translation of words alone cannot capture tone, timing and allusion. Comparing two interpretations of the same song can reveal different balances of intimacy, ornament and accompaniment without requiring one version to be judged a correction of the other.
Geography and communities
Northern Somali and Djiboutian modern-song/poetry relationships form a principal landscape, with lower connected central and southern Somali circulation. Those fields describe interacting publics across borders. They do not make Qaraami the name of every Somali song. [2] [3]
Banaadiri music has an independently documented southern coastal history and substantial national contribution. Dhaanto and Buraanbur likewise have different formal and social foundations. These distinctions belong alongside the broad modern-song field; the existing British and Upper Midwestern diaspora fields retain their separate community roles. [5] [6]
Artists
Abdullahi Qarshe is a defining historical reference, while Hudeidi's oud playing offers a particularly valuable route into accompaniment and teaching. Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec, Magool and other singers carried related classic repertories through distinct voices and careers. A song may involve separate poet, composer and vocalist, all deserving credit. Harvard's archive and community collections make that collaborative authorship easier to recover. Artist examples should lead toward named performances and their contexts, rather than turning a broad classic-song category into an undifferentiated list of national celebrities. [1]
Representative performances
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| traditional | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudeidi with Aar Maanta | Uur Hooyo | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wxbh6a3o8bA | The oud master performs with Aar Maanta in a video on Maanta's official channel. Their intergenerational rendition offers a direct route into Somali qaraami's melodic song tradition; it is not a generic East African pop selection.[7] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. | false | false | false |
| Mako Deegaan; Nuur Daalacay | Mako Deegaan Ft Nuur Daalacay || Xurmo | Djibouti EID SHOW 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y1KU4NtOeVs | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Djib-LiveTV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Xurmo at Djibouti Eid Show 2026. Actual current singers, not broadcast host. Documented performance/session: 2026. Video publication: 2026-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Djib-LiveTV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Xurmo at Djibouti Eid Show 2026. Actual current singers, not broadcast host. Documented performance/session: 2026. | false | false | false |
| Nuur Daalacay; Siman Bella | Nuur Daalacay Ft Siman Bella || Ladaneey | Djibouti EID SHOW 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xr0oSdHprPw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Djib-LiveTV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Ladaneey at Djibouti Eid Show 2026. Documented performance/session: 2026. Video publication: 2026-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Djib-LiveTV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Ladaneey at Djibouti Eid Show 2026. Documented performance/session: 2026. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Zamzam Qaniya | Xaafuun | Astaan Qaaci | 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zjFQ01FJyHY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2026-05-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Mukhtaar Cantar; Zamzam Qaniya | Mukhtaar Cantar & ZamZam Qaniya | Sida Hara Gingimanoo | Xasuustii Axmed Cali Cigaal iyo Shankaroon | https://www.youtube.com/embed/I4kR1Oakx-o | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual duet Sida Hara Gingimanoo, remembering Axmed Cali Cigaal and Shankaroon as earlier interpreters. Video publication: 2026-05-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual duet Sida Hara Gingimanoo, remembering Axmed Cali Cigaal and Shankaroon as earlier interpreters. | false | false | false |
| Mukhtaar Cantar | Wagareey Adduunyada | Mukhtaar Cantar | Astaan Qaaci 2026 | Xasusutii Cabdi Tahliil. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/OkZOoliGMjs | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Wagareey Adduunyada is a contemporary interpretation remembering Cabdi Tahliil, not the deceased artist’s new recording. Video publication: 2026-05-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Wagareey Adduunyada is a contemporary interpretation remembering Cabdi Tahliil, not the deceased artist’s new recording. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Qaraam | Murug | Samsam Qaniya | Astaan Music 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LziwInM4qD8 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2026-04-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Samsam Qaniya | Isku Shuban | Qaraam | Astaan Qaaci 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/plnGPc0lfiw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2026-04-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec Heestii _ Wakhti ( Original Kaban ) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PgNhP5vkqNM | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Mudug Boy . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2026-04-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Mudug Boy . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Ifraah Giire | Hees Qaaci ah: Xasuustii Nimco Jaamac - Ifraah Giire (Official Video) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJ30R2WKDxA | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Abdiqahaar Gold beats. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual qaaci interpretation remembering Nimco Jaamac, not a new session by the earlier singer. Video publication: 2026-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Abdiqahaar Gold beats. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual qaaci interpretation remembering Nimco Jaamac, not a new session by the earlier singer. | false | false | false |
| Sahra Axmed; Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Sahra Axmed iyo Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid Heestii _ Arooskii Saldhigay _ Hees Kaban Xul ah Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4bDGujNwVWU | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Arooskii Saldhigay and Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya historical kaban duet recordings. Caption links repertoire to 1978 play; exact recording session remains unknown. Video publication: 2026-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Arooskii Saldhigay and Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya historical kaban duet recordings. Caption links repertoire to 1978 play; exact recording session remains unknown. | false | false | false |
| Sahra Axmed; Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Sahra Axmed iyo Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid Heesta _ Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya (KABAN) Hees Xul ah + Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/L_IOZcUtoG4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Arooskii Saldhigay and Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya historical kaban duet recordings. Caption links repertoire to 1978 play; exact recording session remains unknown. Video publication: 2026-03-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Arooskii Saldhigay and Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya historical kaban duet recordings. Caption links repertoire to 1978 play; exact recording session remains unknown. | false | false | false |
| Nimco Yaasiin | NIMCO YAASIIN XASUUSTII HIBO NUURA SOMALIWEEK FINAL LONDON 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Wn-Meo-fo0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Faiza Amir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Hibo Nuura tribute at Somali Week London 2025, actual contemporary interpreter. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-10-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | traditional | unknown | 2025 | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Faiza Amir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Hibo Nuura tribute at Somali Week London 2025, actual contemporary interpreter. Documented performance/session: 2025. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Samsam Qaniya | Heesta Bal eeg Alhuumadan | Xasuustii Magool | Astaan Qaaci 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HrHIFe9Xsv0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2025-10-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Zamzam Qaniya | Laxanka Subcis | Astaan Qaaci 2026. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/WBW7WGsH9DY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2025-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Zamzam Qaniya | Rogaal | Astaan Qaaci 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/otyBYk1YdOg | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2025-10-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Samsam (Zamzam) Qaniya | Zamzam Qaniya | Heestii Balwo | Laylay | Qaraami | Astaan Music 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/DVFPTocnxpM | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. Video publication: 2025-10-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Astaan qaraami/qaaci works. Some titles say 2026 although publication is 2025, so no exact 2026 performance date is asserted. Bal Eeg Alhuumadan remembers Magool; current voice remains Samsam. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Cige Heestii _ War ma Faaliyaa Tahay _ (KABAN )_ Hees Qaraami Xul Ah + Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHbjL7wnZ_I | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Siman Bella | QAACI- DJIB PART 5 | ADAA IIRON ALLAHAYOW | XASUUSTI KHADRA DAHIR | CODKI SIMAN BELLA | https://www.youtube.com/embed/620Ur-Py_iE | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: RTD WEB TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. RTD primary Qaaci Djib programme identifies actual singer of Adaa Iiron Allahayow and Khadra Dahir tribute. Video publication: 2025-06-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: RTD WEB TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. RTD primary Qaaci Djib programme identifies actual singer of Adaa Iiron Allahayow and Khadra Dahir tribute. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Heestii - Ma Yaqaano Suuraha Beentiyo Sasabadee _ Hees Kaban Xul ah With lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Agh3R0Ci5Xk | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Fankii Hore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Dajiya Hassan | DAJIYA HASSAN - HEELLO QARAAM - SOMAL AFRO OFFICIAL MUSIC 2024 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLCr1k8F-dg | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: BARQO STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Particular Heello Qaraam musical interpretation explicitly named by studio source; 2024 title and 2025 publication kept separate. Video publication: 2025-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: BARQO STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Particular Heello Qaraam musical interpretation explicitly named by studio source; 2024 title and 2025 publication kept separate. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Fitaminoos | Maxamed Fitaminoos - Laxiib/Sida lebiga Hawd - Hees 2024 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/TMApmT8wXjg | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Laxiib/Sida Lebiga Hawd interpretation. Primary caption names Nuux Warsame Geeddi lyrics, Axmed Nuur Sandheere melody/earlier 1974 rendition; those are not extra current singers. Video publication: 2024-12-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Laxiib/Sida Lebiga Hawd interpretation. Primary caption names Nuux Warsame Geeddi lyrics, Axmed Nuur Sandheere melody/earlier 1974 rendition; those are not extra current singers. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR HEESTII _ SIDA LAYLIGOO KALE _ QORAAL LYRICS | https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QdvFVrRuw0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Goodir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2024-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Goodir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Najma Nashaad | Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024| Najma Nashaad | xasusuti saynab cige jahwarerka cashaqa | https://www.youtube.com/embed/scpR0GGE13o | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEESKA TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024 interpretations, remembering Saynab Cige and Nima Djama. Abdiqahaar’s system/piano work does not make him lead voice. Documented performance/session: 2024. Video publication: 2024-04-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | 2024 | live | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEESKA TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024 interpretations, remembering Saynab Cige and Nima Djama. Abdiqahaar’s system/piano work does not make him lead voice. Documented performance/session: 2024. | false | false | false |
| Najma Nashaad | Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024| Najma Nashaad | xusuusti Nima Djama | https://www.youtube.com/embed/KttDMrepeAw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEESKA TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024 interpretations, remembering Saynab Cige and Nima Djama. Abdiqahaar’s system/piano work does not make him lead voice. Documented performance/session: 2024. Video publication: 2024-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | traditional | unknown | 2024 | live | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEESKA TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024 interpretations, remembering Saynab Cige and Nima Djama. Abdiqahaar’s system/piano work does not make him lead voice. Documented performance/session: 2024. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Heestii _ Faal Caashaq _ ( Original Kaban Version) Hees Qaraami Xul ah With Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGQrB2lkXzQ | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2024-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Heestii _ Yabaal _ ( Kaban Versio) Hees Qaraami Xul ah With Lyrics(720P_HD) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RbKuaBk-O0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2024-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Heestii | Faraskaagi Laga Badi - Faaliye ( Original Kaban ) | Hees Xul ah + Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ye8avQpJqJU | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2024-01-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hage TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Hirut Teklehaimanot | Hirut Teklehaimanot | Heesta Kalgacayl | Xasuustii Hibo Nuura | https://www.youtube.com/embed/bjdleamakFg | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ma Qumani and Kalgacayl interpretations remembering Caasha Cige Geeddi and Hibo Nuura respectively. Somali repertoire eligibility does not assert birthplace. Video publication: 2023-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ma Qumani and Kalgacayl interpretations remembering Caasha Cige Geeddi and Hibo Nuura respectively. Somali repertoire eligibility does not assert birthplace. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Cige | Heestii Waa Saboolka Caadadii | Hoyga Qaaraamiga Ee Qaaci Lyrics |Heeso Xul ah | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RSzHq4k8cJ4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI LYRICS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2023-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI LYRICS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Hirut Teklehaimanot | Hirut Teklehaimanot | Heesta Ma Qumani | Xasuustii Caasha Cige Geeddi. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMA7r_G8Yn0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ma Qumani and Kalgacayl interpretations remembering Caasha Cige Geeddi and Hibo Nuura respectively. Somali repertoire eligibility does not assert birthplace. Video publication: 2023-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ma Qumani and Kalgacayl interpretations remembering Caasha Cige Geeddi and Hibo Nuura respectively. Somali repertoire eligibility does not assert birthplace. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid | Heesta: Maalintaad baxaysee | AUN Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid | https://www.youtube.com/embed/w9oIf0sh8X8 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Tixmaal Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ergo and Maalintaad Baxaysee sources explicitly identify Caydiid. Do not conflate this identity with Siciid or infer session dates from memorial upload. Video publication: 2023-06-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Tixmaal Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ergo and Maalintaad Baxaysee sources explicitly identify Caydiid. Do not conflate this identity with Siciid or infer session dates from memorial upload. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec|| Ma ladoo Ladaneey|| Kaban Version|| Carwo Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3WLWt7P7Q18 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Carwo LYRICS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2023-03-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[39] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Carwo LYRICS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | CABDI NASIR MACALIN HEESTI IDIL MMC QAWL | https://www.youtube.com/embed/vo-KNkWDlWM | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: mustafe macalin caydiid muuse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2023-03-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[40] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: mustafe macalin caydiid muuse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Kinsi Xaaji; Cabdinaasir Macalin (kaban); Xayle Yare (darbuka) | KINSI XAAJI KABANKII ,,,,CABDINAASIR MACALIN DARBUUGADII,,,,,XAYLE YARE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QYYx7fD2Avg | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI MEDIA PRODUCTION . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Primary title explicitly identifies all three actual roles, rather than oud player as singer. Video publication: 2023-01-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[41] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI MEDIA PRODUCTION . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Primary title explicitly identifies all three actual roles, rather than oud player as singer. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | khadra daahir dardaaran | khadra daahir cige qaraami | Dardaaranku Waa Sed Wayne | https://www.youtube.com/embed/EVmXjvkkfQY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: DHUGMAAL . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2022-12-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[42] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: DHUGMAAL . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec; Jiim Sheekh Muumin (kaban) | maxamed saleeban tubeec & ustaad jiim sh (sida laba rafiiqa) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZ8bCp1B1t4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qarami Media Pro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. Video publication: 2022-09-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[43] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qarami Media Pro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid | Ergo | Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid | Xaaji Gujis | Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/R2Q8zUh7r7M | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qaraamyahan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ergo and Maalintaad Baxaysee sources explicitly identify Caydiid. Do not conflate this identity with Siciid or infer session dates from memorial upload. Video publication: 2022-08-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[44] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qaraamyahan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Ergo and Maalintaad Baxaysee sources explicitly identify Caydiid. Do not conflate this identity with Siciid or infer session dates from memorial upload. | false | false | false |
| Rooda Kayf | Rooda Kayf - Heesta - Haka Dhicin Sallaamada - Astaan Music 2022 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/hrKBCvHZuR4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Haka Dhicin Sallaamada rendition. Source identifies Kinsi Xaaji Aadan as earlier interpreter, not current voice. Video publication: 2022-08-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[45] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Astaan Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Haka Dhicin Sallaamada rendition. Source identifies Kinsi Xaaji Aadan as earlier interpreter, not current voice. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Khadra Daahir Cige 🔥Iyo Heesta "ALLAY BADAY JACAYLKEE" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/qXfgmApkOeI | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2022-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[46] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Xasan Gacan; Cabdinaasir Macalin (kaban) | QARAAMI SUBCIS KABANKII: CABDINAASIR MACALIN CODKII: XASAN GACAN | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnA6ZDBh5TY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI MEDIA PRODUCTION . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Primary title explicitly separates voice and oud roles. Video publication: 2021-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[47] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: QAACI MEDIA PRODUCTION . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Primary title explicitly separates voice and oud roles. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Maxamed s Tubeec, heestii anigu kaa helay hubaale, tubeec heeso xul ah, tubeec hees qaraami ah , | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LZofEmbOMiw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: DHUGMAAL . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2021-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[48] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: DHUGMAAL . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige; Axmed Cali Cigaal | khadro Daahir cige iyo axmed cali cigaal heesta gayaan lyrics ah qaraami ah khadra iyo Ahmed axmad | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0be7XgkR_u4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: HEESO QARAAMI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual historical duet versions, including Gayaan; neither later uploader nor lyric editor treated as singer. Video publication: 2021-09-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[49] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: HEESO QARAAMI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual historical duet versions, including Gayaan; neither later uploader nor lyric editor treated as singer. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "BIXIYOOW I BIXI" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xlszr131RxU | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-08-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[50] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Sidii dhool gu'yoo da'ay | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Qaraami | lyrics | | https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWZ3PT-o4Ek | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: wali show. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2021-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[51] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: wali show. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Hamdi Roble; Siman Bella | HAMDI ROBLE & SIMAN BELLA | WAAN KUGU DUCEYSTA | EID MUBARAK DJIBOUTI 2021 Official Video | https://www.youtube.com/embed/98N4Pz6Wctk | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Tusmo Films. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Waan Kugu Duceysta Djibouti Eid musical duet. 2021 title and 2020 copyright do not establish exact session. Video publication: 2021-07-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[52] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Djibouti | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Tusmo Films. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Waan Kugu Duceysta Djibouti Eid musical duet. 2021 title and 2020 copyright do not establish exact session. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | HEES | Gunuunuc | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Kaban | Lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/yjF3bH6NUqA | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: MAADEYS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2021-05-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[53] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: MAADEYS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Heeso qaraami : Khadra Daahir Cige Ma Riyaan soo jeed kadhigan | https://www.youtube.com/embed/KhdamqYloKo | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: heeso qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2021-04-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[54] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: heeso qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khaalid Dhoobo | Khaalid Dhoobo Xasuustii Kuluc Heesta Diiga BulshoTv qaraami | https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wvqQQUoveY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Bulsho News. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Bulsho primary identifies current singer and Kuluc tribute, specifically labels qaraami. Video publication: 2021-04-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[55] | traditional | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Bulsho News. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Bulsho primary identifies current singer and Kuluc tribute, specifically labels qaraami. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE WAAN SOO BARAARUGAYAA BARTAMAHA HABEENKII | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8MpgzqO0Gdo | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: heeso qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2021-03-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[56] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: heeso qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "MADLUUMAY" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGi8vc0kynI | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-03-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[57] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Malyuunaadka Mootane (Hees Kaban) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ldwQs4Lgkk | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[58] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Hodan Hayga Dheeraan (Hees Kaban) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-cVoizVi8w | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[59] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Baxnaano (Hees Kaban Solo Ereyadii Abwaan Maxamed Cali Kaariye | https://www.youtube.com/embed/5O_MPbYzUzA | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[60] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Risiq Eebe (Hees Kaban) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4_Fv1Dgv8fI | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2021-01-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[61] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ik Hajji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec; Jiim Sheekh Muumin (kaban) | Qaraam-Heellada Hayaan: Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec & Kabankii Jiim Sh. Muumin (Muxyadiin) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y1-hKqP2pHY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: HOOBAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. Video publication: 2020-12-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[62] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: HOOBAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir macalin cadceed yahay | https://www.youtube.com/embed/atNfBwYCpt8 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: MT Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2020-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[63] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: MT Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "QALLAAFE" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y2a0HzQtu2k | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2020-08-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[64] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: WAAYO WAAYIHII WACNAA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Farxaan Qaboojiye; Dayax Band | FARXAAN QABOOJIYE WAXAAN UURKA KAA JIRIN QAACI DAYAX BAND 2020 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wjqa9-ZDiNw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hawraar Music Production. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Waxaan Uurka Kaa Jirin qaaci performance. Caption separates remembered Cabdikhadar Xasan from actual singer; Nuuradiin Cali Amaan on kaman and Buulo Xuubey on percussion. Video publication: 2020-07-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[65] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hawraar Music Production. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Waxaan Uurka Kaa Jirin qaaci performance. Caption separates remembered Cabdikhadar Xasan from actual singer; Nuuradiin Cali Amaan on kaman and Buulo Xuubey on percussion. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | AUN CABDI NAASIR MACALIN SICIID HEESTA CADAR WITH LYRICS ORIGINAL | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQeYEeFJqwY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Swahili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2020-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[66] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Swahili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEESTA CABDOW BARISAMAADKII/INUU BEER JACAYLOO | https://www.youtube.com/embed/DE_oblRly-A | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2020-02-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[67] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEES JACAYL AH KABAN AAD U MACAAN LABADII ISDOORTEE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQaAhSqSzWc | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2020-02-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[68] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige; Axmed Cali Cigaal | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEES KABAN MACAAN AXMAD CALI CIGAAL | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HOn0IjXCwpU | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual historical duet versions, including Gayaan; neither later uploader nor lyric editor treated as singer. Video publication: 2020-02-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[69] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: GEEDI SHAAMBOW STUDIO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual historical duet versions, including Gayaan; neither later uploader nor lyric editor treated as singer. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Heestii murugo maxamed saleebaan tubeec (QARAAMI KABAN) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8zAAzzKCEQ | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: INDHAHA BULSHADA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2020-02-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[70] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: INDHAHA BULSHADA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | Go'e Halaq Miyaa Tahay lyrics | | Khadra Dahir Egeh | https://www.youtube.com/embed/hlsL5wFArfQ | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Gofadhe Lyrics. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2019-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[71] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Gofadhe Lyrics. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEESTA | ISHA SACABKA MARI | QAARAMI LYRICS || | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wHEbcMVIZXs | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ali Uk Pro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2019-10-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[72] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ali Uk Pro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi | Indhahayga iyo Xudeydi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/jEYUmu4rmbo | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: BANOODAMEDIA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. Video publication: 2019-09-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[73] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: BANOODAMEDIA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. | false | false | false |
| Khadra Daahir Cige | KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE QARAAMI IYO HEES MACAAN AH IGU SO LIGLIGATA | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BBwab-10mw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ibrahim Abdullahi Mohamed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. Video publication: 2019-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[74] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ibrahim Abdullahi Mohamed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival qaraami/kaban songs. Actual voice is Khadra; lyricist Maxamed Cali Kaariye and thumbnail tribute names are not extra singers. Search-keyword years do not establish session dates. | false | false | false |
| Omar Dhule | Somali Music: Classic Somali Qaraami Style Love Song - Omar Dhule: "Alla Janooy Aawadaa ma Jiifsado" | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ohN5h9GEl1Y | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Abiib Ahmed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Alla Janooy Aawadaa ma Jiifsado classic qaraami interpretation, actual singer distinguished from recordist. Video publication: 2019-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[75] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Abiib Ahmed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Alla Janooy Aawadaa ma Jiifsado classic qaraami interpretation, actual singer distinguished from recordist. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | CABDINAASIR MACALIN SACIID A.U.N QARAAMI HEESTII DAWADI NAFTEDAAY | https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZ4xEyM-46w | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ibrahim Abdullahi Mohamed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2019-03-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[76] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Ibrahim Abdullahi Mohamed. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid | KABAN QARAAMI HEESTII (HAWEEN) CABDINASIR MACALIN AHN | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbGjyVu27yk | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: IFTIINKII ARLAADII. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. Video publication: 2019-01-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[77] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: IFTIINKII ARLAADII. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct actual archival qaraami/kaban recordings. Source lyrics/melody credits remain separate. Years attached to plays or poems do not certify exact recording sessions; Siciid is not silently replaced with similarly named Caydiid. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi | Hudeydi oo Somali week shiday | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ih9k1iD9enI | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Aftaag Production. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. Video publication: 2018-11-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[78] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Aftaag Production. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. | false | false | false |
| Aar Maanta; Najah (oud); Harbi (percussion) | Aar Maanta -Kaban Tahriib | Live In Minneapolis (Somali Music 2018) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJOjx3QqobY | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: samatar said salah. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Tahriib at Nobel Peace Prize Forum Minneapolis 2018, named musicians in caption. Present-day adaptation of Somali oud/song practice. Documented performance/session: 2018. Video publication: 2018-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[79] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: samatar said salah. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Tahriib at Nobel Peace Prize Forum Minneapolis 2018, named musicians in caption. Present-day adaptation of Somali oud/song practice. Documented performance/session: 2018. | false | false | false |
| Saynab Cige; Cabdinaasir Macalin (kaban) | Qaraami Saynab cige kabankii Abdinasir macalin | https://www.youtube.com/embed/qzCm88_4mi4 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Digaale Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Named actual singer and accompanying oud roles kept separate. Video publication: 2016-04-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[80] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Digaale Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Named actual singer and accompanying oud roles kept separate. | false | false | false |
| Hadith Bani-Adam | Uur Hooyo in Sudan Style by Hadith Bani-Adam - Somali Oud | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8zU8uyKUTpA | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hadith Haji-Adam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Uur Hooyo interpretation in Sudan-style arrangement, by the named current interpreter rather than Hudeidi as composer/source. Sudan-style is not proof of recording country. Video publication: 2015-02-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[81] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Hadith Haji-Adam. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual Uur Hooyo interpretation in Sudan-style arrangement, by the named current interpreter rather than Hudeidi as composer/source. Sudan-style is not proof of recording country. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec; Jiim Sheekh Muumin (kaban) | Qaraami Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec iyo Heesti KAAR | https://www.youtube.com/embed/pgNN2cxEVcw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qaaci iyo Qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. Video publication: 2014-09-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[82] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Qaaci iyo Qaraami. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Specific Sida Laba Rafiiqa, Hayaan and Kaar archival versions. Saxardiid Maxamed Jabiye is associated with the source song, not automatically an additional singer on this Tubeec version. | false | false | false |
| Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Hoobal ... Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec, Kaban aad u wanaagsan . | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HjrzQULHAek | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: macalin basbaas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. Video publication: 2013-11-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[83] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Somalia | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: macalin basbaas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct archival kaban/qaraami works, retained with unknown actual sessions. Tubeec died in 2014; recent uploads cannot be new 2026 performances. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi | Xudeedi - Kaban Master Xudeedi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uUhArx57qU0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Waqal WStudío. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. Video publication: 2012-11-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[84] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Waqal WStudío. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi; Aar Maanta | Aar maanta meets Hudeidi Xudeydi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/2CK23vRoLzI | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: eyeforaphoto Ruffluv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual collaborative oud/song programme, not the shorter alternate edit of the same meeting. Video publication: 2011-05-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[85] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: eyeforaphoto Ruffluv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Actual collaborative oud/song programme, not the shorter alternate edit of the same meeting. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi; Anab Ismail Jam; Samadon | Hudeydi with Anab Ismail Jam & Samadon- Live 03 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/--cB4mFr7U0 | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Oslo Mela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Separate numbered musical passages at Oslo Mela 2009; no overlapping full programme selected. Actual performers identified by event source. Documented performance/session: 2009. Video publication: 2010-02-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[86] | traditional | unknown | 2009 | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:Norway | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Oslo Mela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Separate numbered musical passages at Oslo Mela 2009; no overlapping full programme selected. Actual performers identified by event source. Documented performance/session: 2009. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi; Anab Ismail Jam; Samadon | Hudeydi with Anab Ismail Jam & Samadon- Live 02 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mscd5iju1Lw | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Oslo Mela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Separate numbered musical passages at Oslo Mela 2009; no overlapping full programme selected. Actual performers identified by event source. Documented performance/session: 2009. Video publication: 2010-02-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[87] | traditional | unknown | 2009 | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:Norway | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: Oslo Mela. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Separate numbered musical passages at Oslo Mela 2009; no overlapping full programme selected. Actual performers identified by event source. Documented performance/session: 2009. | false | false | false |
| Hudeidi | Ahmed Ismail Hudedi (Uur Hooyo)Oslo Norway | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iaw-B9H8NLM | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: shine icemankiller. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. Video publication: 2008-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[88] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Somalia; country:United Kingdom | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Qaraami musical recording. Source: shine icemankiller. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Somali qaraami/qaaci poetic-song or kaban interpretation by the named actual performers. Tribute names, composers and publishers are not silently substituted as current singers. Distinct identified Somali Week, Indhahayga, Oslo Uur Hooyo and diaspora opening-ceremony music. Composer/performer identity retained; unknown actual days not invented. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Belwo, heello and other Somali song terms overlap in ways shaped by era and usage; they are not always cleanly separated commercial genres. Somali funk and large-band pop share parts of the historical recording world but should not all be classified as qaraami. Arab oud traditions provide instrumental connections without explaining Somali poetic organization. The most useful listening route follows text, melody, accompaniment and social memory together, allowing the category's flexibility while preserving its recognizable place within Somali cultural life.
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Somali love songs and Hudeidi — Loeb Music Library, Harvard.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maxamed Daahir Afrax, Between continuity and innovation: transitional nature of post-independence Somali poetry and drama,1960s–the present, SOAS PhD thesis,2013. Access note: Public metadata and substantive indexed metrical/Dhaanto rural–urban passages read. Full PDF download unavailable; no full-thesis claim.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Djibouti — Sylvie Clerfeuille. Access note: Relevant body read.
- ↑ Love Songs in Motion, Chapter 1 — Christina Woolner.
- ↑ Ayan Abdi Salaad, A Comparative Study of Expressive Cultures in the Indian Ocean: Belonging, Kinship, and Cultural Heritage in Banaadiri Poetry and Indian Ocean Texts, University of Southampton PhD thesis, April2020. Access note: Public247-page PDF downloaded with verified TLS. Cover, abstract, contents, selected introduction and musician biographies (printed pp.22–31), work-song discussion passages and conclusion p.207 read. Full literary analyses not claimed.
- ↑ Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, A tribute to legendary Somali musician Axmed Naaji, Music In Africa/The Conversation,21 September2023. Access note: Full public indexed biographical essay read; no recordings investigated.
- ↑ Hudeidi with Aar Maanta — Uur Hooyo. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: supporting source.
- ↑ Mako Deegaan Ft Nuur Daalacay || Xurmo | Djibouti EID SHOW 2026.
- ↑ Nuur Daalacay Ft Siman Bella || Ladaneey | Djibouti EID SHOW 2026.
- ↑ Zamzam Qaniya | Xaafuun | Astaan Qaaci | 2026.
- ↑ Mukhtaar Cantar & ZamZam Qaniya | Sida Hara Gingimanoo | Xasuustii Axmed Cali Cigaal iyo Shankaroon.
- ↑ Wagareey Adduunyada | Mukhtaar Cantar | Astaan Qaaci 2026 | Xasusutii Cabdi Tahliil..
- ↑ Qaraam | Murug | Samsam Qaniya | Astaan Music 2026.
- ↑ Samsam Qaniya | Isku Shuban | Qaraam | Astaan Qaaci 2026.
- ↑ Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec Heestii _ Wakhti ( Original Kaban ).
- ↑ Hees Qaaci ah: Xasuustii Nimco Jaamac - Ifraah Giire (Official Video).
- ↑ Sahra Axmed iyo Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid Heestii _ Arooskii Saldhigay _ Hees Kaban Xul ah Lyrics .
- ↑ Sahra Axmed iyo Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid Heesta _ Maxaa Kaa Lilaahiya (KABAN) Hees Xul ah + Lyrics.
- ↑ NIMCO YAASIIN XASUUSTII HIBO NUURA SOMALIWEEK FINAL LONDON 2025.
- ↑ Samsam Qaniya | Heesta Bal eeg Alhuumadan | Xasuustii Magool | Astaan Qaaci 2026.
- ↑ Zamzam Qaniya | Laxanka Subcis | Astaan Qaaci 2026..
- ↑ Zamzam Qaniya | Rogaal | Astaan Qaaci 2026.
- ↑ Zamzam Qaniya | Heestii Balwo | Laylay | Qaraami | Astaan Music 2026.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Cige Heestii _ War ma Faaliyaa Tahay _ (KABAN )_ Hees Qaraami Xul Ah + Lyrics.
- ↑ QAACI- DJIB PART 5 | ADAA IIRON ALLAHAYOW | XASUUSTI KHADRA DAHIR | CODKI SIMAN BELLA.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Heestii - Ma Yaqaano Suuraha Beentiyo Sasabadee _ Hees Kaban Xul ah With lyrics.
- ↑ DAJIYA HASSAN - HEELLO QARAAM - SOMAL AFRO OFFICIAL MUSIC 2024.
- ↑ Maxamed Fitaminoos - Laxiib/Sida lebiga Hawd - Hees 2024.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR HEESTII _ SIDA LAYLIGOO KALE _ QORAAL LYRICS.
- ↑ Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024| Najma Nashaad | xasusuti saynab cige jahwarerka cashaqa.
- ↑ Qaaci Show Djibouti 2024| Najma Nashaad | xusuusti Nima Djama.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Heestii _ Faal Caashaq _ ( Original Kaban Version) Hees Qaraami Xul ah With Lyrics.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Heestii _ Yabaal _ ( Kaban Versio) Hees Qaraami Xul ah With Lyrics(720P_HD).
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Heestii | Faraskaagi Laga Badi - Faaliye ( Original Kaban ) | Hees Xul ah + Lyrics.
- ↑ Hirut Teklehaimanot | Heesta Kalgacayl | Xasuustii Hibo Nuura.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Cige | Heestii Waa Saboolka Caadadii | Hoyga Qaaraamiga Ee Qaaci Lyrics |Heeso Xul ah.
- ↑ Hirut Teklehaimanot | Heesta Ma Qumani | Xasuustii Caasha Cige Geeddi..
- ↑ Heesta: Maalintaad baxaysee | AUN Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid.
- ↑ Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec|| Ma ladoo Ladaneey|| Kaban Version|| Carwo Lyrics.
- ↑ CABDI NASIR MACALIN HEESTI IDIL MMC QAWL.
- ↑ KINSI XAAJI KABANKII ,,,,CABDINAASIR MACALIN DARBUUGADII,,,,,XAYLE YARE.
- ↑ khadra daahir dardaaran | khadra daahir cige qaraami | Dardaaranku Waa Sed Wayne.
- ↑ maxamed saleeban tubeec & ustaad jiim sh (sida laba rafiiqa).
- ↑ Ergo | Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid | Xaaji Gujis | Lyrics.
- ↑ Rooda Kayf - Heesta - Haka Dhicin Sallaamada - Astaan Music 2022.
- ↑ Khadra Daahir Cige 🔥Iyo Heesta "ALLAY BADAY JACAYLKEE".
- ↑ QARAAMI SUBCIS KABANKII: CABDINAASIR MACALIN CODKII: XASAN GACAN.
- ↑ Maxamed s Tubeec, heestii anigu kaa helay hubaale, tubeec heeso xul ah, tubeec hees qaraami ah ,.
- ↑ khadro Daahir cige iyo axmed cali cigaal heesta gayaan lyrics ah qaraami ah khadra iyo Ahmed axmad.
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "BIXIYOOW I BIXI".
- ↑ Sidii dhool gu'yoo da'ay | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Qaraami | lyrics |.
- ↑ HAMDI ROBLE & SIMAN BELLA | WAAN KUGU DUCEYSTA | EID MUBARAK DJIBOUTI 2021 Official Video.
- ↑ HEES | Gunuunuc | Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec | Kaban | Lyrics.
- ↑ Heeso qaraami : Khadra Daahir Cige Ma Riyaan soo jeed kadhigan.
- ↑ Khaalid Dhoobo Xasuustii Kuluc Heesta Diiga BulshoTv qaraami.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE WAAN SOO BARAARUGAYAA BARTAMAHA HABEENKII.
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "MADLUUMAY".
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Malyuunaadka Mootane (Hees Kaban).
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Hodan Hayga Dheeraan (Hees Kaban).
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Baxnaano (Hees Kaban Solo Ereyadii Abwaan Maxamed Cali Kaariye.
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalin Siciid - Risiq Eebe (Hees Kaban).
- ↑ Qaraam-Heellada Hayaan: Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec & Kabankii Jiim Sh. Muumin (Muxyadiin).
- ↑ Cabdinaasir macalin cadceed yahay.
- ↑ Cabdinaasir Macalim Siciid 🔥Iyo Heesta "QALLAAFE".
- ↑ FARXAAN QABOOJIYE WAXAAN UURKA KAA JIRIN QAACI DAYAX BAND 2020.
- ↑ AUN CABDI NAASIR MACALIN SICIID HEESTA CADAR WITH LYRICS ORIGINAL.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEESTA CABDOW BARISAMAADKII/INUU BEER JACAYLOO.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEES JACAYL AH KABAN AAD U MACAAN LABADII ISDOORTEE.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEES KABAN MACAAN AXMAD CALI CIGAAL.
- ↑ Heestii murugo maxamed saleebaan tubeec (QARAAMI KABAN).
- ↑ Go'e Halaq Miyaa Tahay lyrics | | Khadra Dahir Egeh.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE HEESTA | ISHA SACABKA MARI | QAARAMI LYRICS ||.
- ↑ Indhahayga iyo Xudeydi.
- ↑ KHADRA DAAHIR CIGE QARAAMI IYO HEES MACAAN AH IGU SO LIGLIGATA.
- ↑ Somali Music: Classic Somali Qaraami Style Love Song - Omar Dhule: "Alla Janooy Aawadaa ma Jiifsado".
- ↑ CABDINAASIR MACALIN SACIID A.U.N QARAAMI HEESTII DAWADI NAFTEDAAY.
- ↑ KABAN QARAAMI HEESTII (HAWEEN) CABDINASIR MACALIN AHN.
- ↑ Hudeydi oo Somali week shiday.
- ↑ Aar Maanta -Kaban Tahriib | Live In Minneapolis (Somali Music 2018).
- ↑ Qaraami Saynab cige kabankii Abdinasir macalin.
- ↑ Uur Hooyo in Sudan Style by Hadith Bani-Adam - Somali Oud.
- ↑ Qaraami Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec iyo Heesti KAAR.
- ↑ Hoobal ... Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec, Kaban aad u wanaagsan ..
- ↑ Xudeedi - Kaban Master Xudeedi.
- ↑ Aar maanta meets Hudeidi Xudeydi.
- ↑ Hudeydi with Anab Ismail Jam & Samadon- Live 03.
- ↑ Hudeydi with Anab Ismail Jam & Samadon- Live 02.
- ↑ Ahmed Ismail Hudedi (Uur Hooyo)Oslo Norway.
Hotspot mushrooms
A northern Somali–Djiboutian modern-song core with lower wider Somali circulation and retained distinct migrant fields. Banaadiri, Dhaanto and Buraanbur are not absorbed into a uniform Qaraami category.
The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qaraami-british-diaspora | British Somali Qaraami community circuit | 52.5 | -1.0 | 350.0 | 0.6 | Diaspora teaching and family listening. |
| qaraami-us-midwest | Upper Midwestern United States Somali circuit | 45.0 | -93.0 | 430.0 | 0.42 | Detached community memory and transmission. |
| qaraami-northern-reviewed | Northern Somali and Djiboutian Qaraami public | 9.8 | 44.3 | 830 | 0.79 | Connected song, poetry and public institutions, with differentiated local histories. |
| qaraami-central-southern-reviewed | Central and southern Somali Qaraami circulation | 4.3 | 46 | 920 | 0.53 | Lower wider modern/classic-song listening alongside distinct southern and social repertoires. |