Burale


Ahmed Sheikh Ali Ahmed Born in Luk Ganane, Upper Jubba Region, Somalia, is a Somali intellectual, author and politician who lives in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Personal profile

He is well-experienced lawyer with deep knowledge in Islamic jurisprudence and Somali traditional customary laws, a historian, writer and trainer in the field of law and traditional customary.

Academic qualifications

Participated in many conferences, seminars and workshops held in Berlin, Riyadh, Baghdad, Djibouti, Addis Ababa, Tripoli, Nairobi and Mogadishu.

Political career

He became a member of Somali National Front in 1991, a member of its executive committee in 1997, and the chairman of one of the party's wings in 1999.
In 2002 he became the legal adviser to Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, the then-president of the Transitional National Government Somalia.

Writing career

Burale has written books concerning Somali traditional customs, although he has also written on other subjects. In addition to writing his own books, he translated the book of Abdalla Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ "Kalila Wa Dimna" from Arabic to Somali. His book about Somali customary laws was translated in English by Mohamed Mohamed Sheikh. Among his books are: