Ali Abdi Feiruz علي فيروز
Birth name	Cali Fayruus
Born	1931 Djibouti
Genres	Somali music
Occupations	musician
Instruments	oud
Years active	1950s-1990s

Ali Abdi Feiruz, known as Ali Feiruz, (Somali: Cali Fayruus, Arabic: علي فيروز‎) (b.1931-1994) was a prominent Somali musician.

Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Biography

Feiruz was born in 1931 in Djibouti. He later moved to Hargeisa, Somalia in the late 1950s, and then on to Mogadishu in 1973.

Feiruz's career began with Radio Hargeisa in the late 1950s. He was one of the first popular Somali kaban (oud) players following the country's independence, and eventually began incorporating modern instruments such as the guitar, violin and accordion into his performances.

A prominent member of the Walaalaha Hargeisa and Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes, Feiruz composed, among other tunes, Ilaahayow waa kugu mahad, a tune whose release coincided with the independence of the former British Somaliland protectorate. As of 2009, this music still serves as the opening theme for the news segment of both Radio Mogadishu and Radio Hargeisa.

Feiruz had a significant influence on newer generations of Somali musicians in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in Djibouti in mid-1994.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Waaberi

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Fanka Ka Bixi-Maayo, Waxaanu Ku Abuuran Yahay Dhiigayga, Waanan La God-Gelayaa
• Interview with the late Abdullahi Qarshe (1994) at the Residence of Obliqe Carton in Djibouti

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