W/Q: BADSO/SCALE & SSA Fiidkii ay bisha February ahayd 21, sanadka 2015 ayaa Xarunta Cabral ee Jaamacadda Northeastern, waxaa lagu qabtay kulan suugaaneed loogu magacdaray “Hidde iyo Dhaqan.” Kulankan, oo ay si heer sare ah u soo agaasimeen Ururka Ardayda Soomaaliyeed (SSA) ee Jaamacadda Northeastern iyo naadiga BADSO (Barashada Afka iyo Dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed), ayaa waxaa...
By Faisal Roble Editor’s Note: Peaking into the rich WDN archives full of ten years of rare collection of historical pieces, news, commentary, opinion as well as cultural and poetry analysis and writing from across the globe, we come upon a jewel, a rarity, a genius piece of writings, honest and true and free of bias....
In Norway, the majority (75%) of children who are of Somali origin live in poverty, according to the latest official figures released by the country’s statistics agency. The data published by Statistics Norway paint a rather bleak picture for many immigrant groups struggling to make ends meet. Afghani and Iraqi groups, for instance, also have high levels of...
By Hussien Mohamed Yusuf The development and utilization of effective mechanisms for quality assurance and improvement are critical to successful higher education everywhere. Every nation and its university graduates are competing in an environment shaped by its own local and national needs as well as international expectations and standards. The impacts of the latter are...
By Hudhaifah Siyad We always get moved by street kids’ life hustles, struggles and how they got neglected by their families, yet at most times people take no effort to help them. Actually most people want the street kids off the streets. This poem is written from the perspective of a street kid. If I...
By Luqman Makina Editor’s Note: The writer of this essay is a 7th grader who is interested in animal and physical sciences. ____________ It all started while I was hiking a trail in Colorado; I went up some rocks and kept going. I looked around to see where I was. It seemed like I was...
By Moulid Hujale As the world celebrates the international day of peace, Somali youth around the world are making efforts to contribute to peace in their country by creating forums and programs that bring them together in the spirit of peace building in Somalia. Badbaado Team, a young dedicated Somali youth group in Nairobi has...
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 Steve Odhiambo “Show me a stranger, and I’ll show you a friend that you haven’t met yet.” Boonaa Mohammed Towards the end of last year, 2013, it dawned on me that I once again would not be able to meet with my family over Christmas. Eek!, It had been 4 years since I last...