By Seid Ali There is a famous hadith narrating the story of a boy and a king recorded by Imam Ahmed. Quranic scholars link this story with the six verses of the 85th surah of Quran (Sura Al Buruuj) and commonly use it to show a counterintuitive view of Islam on the meaning of SUCCESS....
By Yasmeen Maxamuud Women in Somalia have had enough. A young 12 year old girl has been raped, killed and placed her mutilated, desecrated body in front of her family’s door this week. The tragedy of Caa’isha Ilyas is not an isolated incident. Young girls are snatched off the streets and raped; women of all...
By Abdi Latif Ega The youth, a very serious group of young folks, overly mature for the age. They have faithfully or naively bought into the “good will” of the elders. Namely, the so called leadership. During the recent elections, I saw them as neither capable of envisioning themselves as part of the political process...
Mogadishu, Somalia – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to improve access to quality education for Somali young women and girls. The United States is contributing $5 million to DFID’s already existing $33.7 million Girls’ Education Challenge – Transition (GEC-T) program, a global...
By Abdirahman A Issa The Somali youth face a daunting challenge in getting employment in their country. According to a UN report, 70% of the population in Somalia is under 30 years old and the youth unemployment rate is approximately 67%, which is the highest in the world. Every year, thousands of youth graduate from...
By Muhammad Suldaan Said On one brilliantly sunny afternoon in 1992 under a magnificent acacia tortilis1 tree surrounded by wild shrubs, hook-thorn acacias2 and the glory of the forest, came the dreadful news that a close relative of mine has mercilessly slain a man from another formidable local clan. As that frightfully spine-chilling news gradually...
By Hassan M. Abukar The recent murder and burning in Mogadishu of Ahmed Mukhtar Salah “Ahmed Dowlo”, a family man and father of 12 children, was a human tragedy that has elicited widespread outrage and condemnation from many Somalis. Besides the horrific manner in which Ahmed Dowlo, a Somali Bantu, died, the reason for his...
By Ibrahim Hirsi, MINNPOST Ever since Omar Fateh announced his run for a state legislative seat last December, he’s been taking note of a recurring experience on the campaign trail: It’s easy, at first glance, to mistake him for an immigrant or a refugee from Somalia. But when people hear him speak, they realize something different...
By Hamza Mohamed It’s late on Wednesday afternoon, and the Shiirkole football pitch in the Somali capital should be teeming with life. Usually, there are uniformed players and crowds wearing colourful jerseys supporting their favourite teams. That’s how it’s been for the past 20 years in Mogadishu during the holy month of Ramadan. Football tournaments...
By Beza Tesfaye and Beth Maclin Somalia’s capital has been rocked by multiple bomb attacks in the past few months, and a May 6 blast in a border town killed seven Kenyan soldiers. In recent months, a series of bombings left dozens dead or injured. Most analysts believe that al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda-backed extremist group that has waged an insurgency against the federal government for more than...