1980s by Barre's regime), but was torn down between 1991 and 1993 and sold as scrap metal. The damaged foundation of the monument was left standing. On 18 October 2019, the monument was restored and unveiled by Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, along with other restored monuments. A similar statue was built in the Ethiopian city of Jijiga in 2013. In the Haud region, there is a monument marking Hassan's place of birth called Sacmadeeqa. Media In popular culture The documentary film The Parching Winds of Somalia includes a section on the Dervish struggle and its leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. The historic romance novel Ignorance is the Enemy of Love by Farah Mohamed Jama Awl has a Dervish protagonist called Calimaax, who is part of an ill-fated love story and fights against the British, Italians and Ethiopians in the Horn of Africa. A 1983, film entitled A Somali Dervish was directed by Abdulkadir Ahmed Said. In the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Loyalty", references are made to the Dervishes and their leader. The episode also features a character purported to have been descended from Muhammad Abdullah Hassan. In 1985, a 4-hour and 40 minute Indian-produced epic film by filmmaker Salah Ahmed entitled the Somalia Dervishes went into production. With a budget of $1.8 million, it included an actual descendant of Hassan as its star, and featured hundreds of actors and extras. In the popular comic book series Corto Maltese, the protagonist travels to the Horn of Africa during the Dervishes' battle against the British, and witnesses the former power storm a British fort. During these travels, he develops a long-term friendship with a Dervish warrior named Cush, who subsequently features in several other of Corto's adventures around the world. Poems Some poems by the Sayid include: Haddaan waayey Maqashiiya uunka is a religious and nationalist appeal Afbakayle, which deals with treachery and etiquette Mariyama Shiikh, which deals with clemency Dardaaran, says there is a hidden malicious intent behind stipends paid by colonialists See also Haji Sudi- One of the founding members of the Dervish movement and the chief military commander. Abdullahi Sadiq - Governor of Ogaden Sultan Nur- Sultan of the Habr Yunis clan and one of the founding members of the Dervish movement and the Dervish Sultan. Hasna Doreh – wife of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. Ismail Mire - A soldier and a bard . Sheikh Uways Al-Barawi religious