By Yassir Karooka Anti-black racism remains prevalent in the world today. Many societies in the West that have a history of racism have managed to make noteworthy progress in combating racism and racial discrimination, at least by legal means if not by being able to sway the hearts and minds of people en masse. The...
February 7, 2026
Category: Women Corner
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LENA MOI: The sad history of Kenya’s second First Lady
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Lena Tungo Moi strode Kenya’s political scene with her visibility as the vice-president’s wife.Then in the middle of the 1970s, she faded away from the public arena never to be heard of again until her death in 2004. The collapse of her marriage in 1974 and divorce in 1979...
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Amina Omusementi: The Somali woman building an empire in Kampala
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Omusementi is not her real name. The name, like her establishments, is something she got through her reputation as a savvy businesswoman. The President of the foreign country Amina Hersi Moghe now calls home speaks highly of her and he openly vows to offer all the assistance she requires and protect her...
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Mo Farah Endorses Female British-Somali MP Hopeful
Amina Ali gains support of popular Somali-born British Olympic champion in fierce selection campaign taking place in Harrow East this month Written by Juliana Lucas A WOMAN hoping to become Britain’s first female Somali heritage MP has received the backing of Team GB’s golden Olympic hero Mo Farah. Amina Ali, founder of the Labour Friends of...
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Justice for Amanda Lindhout
By Ali H Abdulla “When I describe what happened to me on Aug. 23, 2008, I say that I was taken. On an empty stretch of road outside of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, out of the back seat of a four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi by a dozen or so men whose faces were swaddled in checkered...
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GO, GOLDEN GIRLS, GO
Prof Said Sh. Samatar AUGUST 4, 2013 WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY as the day when the world came to a standstill, the sun gawked from his sphere in astonishment, the moon tore into the heavens with a prodigious peal of Somali laughter, the stars gazed on earth with luminous incredulity. What drove these celestial...
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Saudi princess arrested for human trafficking in California over treatment of Kenyan worker
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Suitcase in hand, the 30-year-old domestic worker from Kenya managed to flag down a Southern California bus and tell a passenger she had been held against her will and believed she was a victim of human trafficking. It wasn’t long before a Saudi princess was under arrest. Meshael Alayban, who prosecutors...
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One Woman’s Tale and the Myths of Happiness
“Every moment wasted looking back keeps one from moving forward.” —Hillary Clinton. In a San Francisco airport lounge, I was reading Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky’s new book, The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy but Doesn’t What Shouldn’t Make You Happy but Does (January 13, 2013), when a woman who seemed to be in...
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Dr. Oz’s Miraculous Medical Advice
Dr. Oz’s Miraculous Medical Advice Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. By Julia Belluz and Steven J. Hoffman _________________ As people were getting ready for the holiday season and its accompanying waist expansion late last year, Dr. Mehmet Oz let viewers of his TV show in on a timely little secret. “Everybody...
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An Interview with Yasmeen Maxamuud
Raaz for MMW: I found Nomad Diaries a wonderful introduction to the lives of Somali women living in the United States. There were times where I was reminded of my own immigrant grandmother and mother as I read about Nadifo’s life. As I mentioned in my review of Nomad Diaries, I am not familiar with stories that portray an African...