By Antoinette Muller Remember the name Emmanuel Sebareme because you’ll hear it often in the future. The 19-year old cricketer is a refugee from Rwanda, who arrived in South Africa when he was five years old. His parents had fled the war-torn country five years earlier, making most of of their journey on foot. Sebareme was...
By Abdiwahab M. Ali My visit to Mogadishu was initially conceived out of curiosity: What did the future hold for the capital, once a paradise in the Horn of Africa, as it is re-emerging from years of fratricidal civil war? It all started with an invitation from Abdi, a close friend. “How come you do...
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...
By Waris Mahad For me being politically engaged is incredibly important. I come from a country where the majority of the population are below the age of 54, according to the World Bank. With approximately 1.5 million Somalis living abroad – due to the civil war – it is clear that the diaspora play an...
By Hamza Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia – As the sun sets behind the blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the traffic disappears behind Mogadishu’s big gated houses, a group of young boys, all at or under the age of 13, jump out from a rusty, abandoned bus onto a dark, dusty sidewalk. They are in...
By Hayley Welbur Finding stylish conservative clothing is one thing, but finding modest athletic wear is nearly impossible. After struggling to play sports in long skirts, a group of young Muslim girls on a community traveling basketball team in Minnesota designed their own uniforms to wear. Lady Warriors players encountered issues like tripping on skirts...
By Jeremy C. Fox Globe Staff Family is at the heart of Fatah Adan’s success. Devotion to his eight siblings and their Somali parents, who fled civil war to give their children a better life, has guided his journey from birth in a refugee camp to Harvard University, where he will be a freshman this...
By: Star Tribune The question of terrorism has shadowed the home of Fadumo Hussein since 2007, leaving only answers of heartbreak and confusion. On Sunday morning, that question once again stormed into her life, when FBI agents crashed through the door of her south Minneapolis house in search of her youngest son, Guled Omar. Rousting...
Laura Yuen , Mukhtar Ibrahim & Sasha Aslanian MPRnews On May 13, 2013, Hanad Mohallim strutted to the playground across the street from his family’s two-story suburban home. Boredom, Mohallim said, compelled him to create a walking, talking video selfie. “Just another day in the life of a gangsta in the ‘hood for me — Apple Valley,”...
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — St. Cloud school officials have met with Somali parents, community elders and students after Somali-American students walked out to protest their treatment. The meeting happened Thursday, a day after students, including 18-year-old Nasteho Dini, walked out of St. Cloud Tech High School, according to Minnesota Public Radio News (http://bit.ly/1C04YQ2 )....