Qaraami: The fading melody of Somali classic music - Paperbackby Jama Musse Jama (Author) The etymology of the word is qaram, from the Arabic word love and Somalis use it to describe the oldest modern musical composition of Somaliland, mainly from the 1940s to the mid 1960s. The word Qaraami became synonymous with "old time good music", or for young people simply "old time music". Qaraami can be classified for Somali culture as classical music is in the Western world, and for modern Somali literature, the