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...
October 20, 2026
Category: Youth – Generation Next
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Young People Have Never Mattered More Than They Do Today
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...
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The lost boys of Mogadishu
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...
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Muslim girls design their own basketball uniforms, including velcro hijabs
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...
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From refugee camp to top of his class
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...
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A heartbroken Minneapolis mother agonizes over son’s arrest
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...
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From MN suburbs, they set out to join ISIS
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,”...
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St. Cloud officials meet with Somali students over treatment
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 )....
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From Minneapolis to ISIS: An American’s Path to Jihad
By SCOTT SHANE New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — Reading back over Abdi Nur’s Twitter feed, his chilling progression from the basketball courts of South Minneapolis to the battlefields of Syria is clear. Early last year, he began posting stern religious pronouncements and snippets of scripture. By April 2, a day after turning 20, he hailed...
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At the Margins of a Hot War, Somalis Are ‘Hanging on by a Thread’
By Lisa Vives NEW YORK, (IPS) – After twin suicide bombings at a popular Mogadishu hotel last week that killed 25 and wounded 40, news reporters were seen swarming through the city, spotlighting the victims, the assassins, the motives and the official response. This left actor Barkhad Abdi, who played opposite Tom Hanks in the...