Category: Youth – Generation Next

By Abdifatah Sheikh Ibrahim  We all develop passion for the things we like to do, at an early stage in life.  We garner and come up with marvelous ways of sharing intimate love and enthusiasm with that passion. We all cherish it and harness it to be the beacon of the light that leads the...

By Sirad Shirdon In September, my two nieces began school at a local Montessori school, a far cry from their previous school: a charter school in Columbus with questionable educational quality. The charter school she attended, like many in North Columbus, has a large Somali student population.  In recent years, Somali parents in the US have...

By Safia Abdulaziz Hashi Arguably, the strongest form of support in humanity is compassion.  Some say we have lost our humanity; I say we have lost our sense of kindness. We live in a time where complete disconnect is better than avid activism. We live in a time where education is taken for granted, and...

By Omar Abdul This paper will focus on a Somali-immigrant named Barack Barir who fled his home country of Somalia, in search for peace, stability, and an opportunity to pursue a university degree. Barack is a member of the Somali-diaspora community living in America, and he along with most Somalis had to overcome many hardships...

By Carima Nur I am shopping with my mother at Giant; the top of my braided head barely meets the counter of the register while my mother’s head soars high above my sights. We walk past the register, and begin to shop. As we pass the different aisles, I take a quick whiff of each...