Mohamed Nuur Giriig

Mohamed Nuur Giriig محمد نور غيريغ
Birth name	Maxamed Nuur Giriig
Born	1935 Berbera, Somalia
Origin	Somali
Died	2002 Hargeisa, Somalia
Genres	Somali music
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1960s-1990s

Mohamed Nuur Giriig (Somali: Maxamed Nuur Giriig, Arabic: محمد نور غيريغ‎) (b.1935 - d.2002) was a Somali singer, specializing in traditional Somali music.

Biography

Giriig was born in 1935 in Berbera, Somalia to a Warsangali Darod family, originally from Las Khorey on the Maakhir Coast.

In 1954, he was among a group of auditioners, from which he was selected to join a troupe of Oud singers. Thus began Giriig's musical career, which was marked by a number of hit songs. Most of the latter were recorded during the Somali music scene's Golden Age in the 1960s.

Giriig died in Hargeisa on January 17, 2002.

Discography

Some of Giriig's all-time classic songs include:

• Timahaaga Dheeree
• Suleikha
• Dayaha I Dhibay Halay
• Maahee Khadraay
• Boodhari Sidiisii
• Wacad
• Gamaayeey
• Soomar

See also

• Music of Somalia

External links

• http://www.somalilandnet.com/suugan/heeso/page18.shtml

Persondata
Name	Mohamed Nuur Giriig
Alternative names
Short description	singer
Date of birth	1935
Place of birth	Berbera, Somalia
Date of death	2002
Place of death	Hargeisa, Somalia