Burao Academy- Seattle Fundraising Dinner. Improving their today and investing in their tomorrow. When Date: SATURDAY AUG 29, 2015 Time: 7:30PM – 11:00 PM Dinner Served at 8:00 PM Where New Holly COMMUNITY CENTER 7054 32nd Ave South Seattle WA 98118 For more information contact: Asha Farah Ashafarah@buraoacademy.org Phone: 206.349.7863 www.Buraoacademy.org Burao Academy- Seattle Fundraising...
June 18, 2026
Category: Everyday People
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The Most Generous Bride on Earth: Couple Feeds 4,000 Syrian Refugees on Their Wedding Day
By Nina Strochlic A couple in Turkey swapped out lavish nuptials with their friends and family for the bread line with thousands of Syrian refugees. Last Thursday, Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu and Esra Polat doled out food to 4,000 Syrian refugees for their wedding reception on the border town of Kilis. The bride wore an elaborate white...
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Shirqoolka Yuusuf Dirir Cabdi
W/Q Maxamed Baashe X. Xasan “Nimaan ku aqooni ku ma qiimayn karo!” “Kuwa libinta geerida ka dayey way gedmanayaan”- Faarax Murtiile. Maalintii Sabtida ee taariikhdu ku beegnayd 23, 05, ee sanadkan 2015, ayaa shirqool toogasho ah lagu diley xildhibaan Yuusuf Dirir Cabdi Ciise maqaalada Muqdisho. Alle ha u naxariisto’e, Yuusuf waxa uu ka laabtay London...
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The burden of Somalia’s leaders on people and economy: In pictures
The burden of Somalia’s leaders on people and economy: In pictures WardheerNews
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What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school?
By Brooke Lea Foster WHEN ANA BARROS first stepped into Harvard Yard as a freshman, she felt so out of place she might as well have had the words “low income” written on her forehead. A girl from Newark doesn’t belong in a place like Harvard, she thought, as she marveled at how green the...
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Somaliland to Harvard: How this student beat the odds
By Alanna Petroff @AlannaPetroff Abdisamad Adan is starting at Harvard University later this year. Abdisamad Adan could barely carry a conversation in English five years ago, but he’s just been accepted to study at Harvard University. He credits the dramatic change in his fortunes to Somaliland’s Abaarso School, a very small boarding school he...
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Engineer Turned Cabbie Helps New Refugees Find Their Way
By Pam Fessler NPR Clarkston, a small town outside of Atlanta, is sometimes called the “Ellis Island of the South.” Several thousand refugees live there, resettled by the U.S. government from Somalia, Burma, Bhutan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other hot spots of the world. Shekhey and his small staff pick up where...
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Garissa residents demand answers after two killed, bodies carried away
By ABDIMALIK HAJIR, Daily Nation The mysterious killings of two people in Garissa Town last week have puzzled many including the security agents who are unable to explain the motive behind the shootings. At the same time, the victims’ relatives have demanded for answers from the government. On Thursday, two people are said to have...
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2014: Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries
Introduction This report summarizes patterns and trends in the number of individual asylum claims. submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries during 2014. The data presented are based on information available as of 14 March 2015, unless otherwise indicated. The report covers the 38 European and six non-European States that currently provide monthly asylum statistics...
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Girls’ education in Somaliland: The start of a quiet revolution
There is a corner in a part of the world commonly associated with the worst kinds of upheaval that is quietly making some surprising positive change happen, while all around it there is turmoil. Close to the very tip of the Horn of Africa lies Somaliland. It is a place that few outsiders know a lot...