Mohamed Sirad Dolal
Dr. Mohamed Sirad Dolal () was an academic and a member of the central committee and executive council of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a liberation movement in Ogaden determined to free its homeland from Ethiopia. Early life and education. Dolal was born and raised in Qabri Dahar, Qorahay Province, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. He completed his formative education in his birthplace of Kebri Dehar. He graduated from Medhane-Alem High School in Harar in 1972. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from his undergraduate studies at the premier Somali National University  (SNU) in Lafoole, Afgoye, Somalia. He later went onto graduate school, where he earned a Master of Arts (MA) degree at the London School of Economics (LSE) in England in 1991 and finally received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England. During his school years, he was an outspoken student about the Ogaden nation's lack of development and how Ogaden annexed to Ethiopia. Career. In 1973, he started his first work at Ethiopian Water Authority Agency. He left the work in June 1977, when the Ogaden War erupted in the region, at which  time he joined freedom fighters Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF). He was wounded in the battle at Goray in 1978, from Harar. Goray is the second village close to Jigjiga after Dhagaxle, where he almost lost his right hand. During his stay in Somalia, he was regularly involved in campaign efforts to secede away from Ethiopia. He also was a college lecturer and practicing social science researcher, who had frequently undertaken field trips across Somalia from Baidoa to Bosaso, Kismayo to Mogadishu. In the 1980s he was an active member of Youth of Western Somali Liberation Front WSLF, which later  became Ogaden National Liberation Front ONLF; for the involvement of secret rebellion, he went to prison at Mogadishu. On January 17, 2009, Dr. Dolal's life ended when he was wounded, captured, and executed along with several of his colleagues by Ethiopian soldiers in Dhanan, Ogaden. He was based out of London, England, and had been survived by his wife and six children.