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  • Wifey Material.

    Wifey Material.

    The other day I was talking to a work colleague of mine who is in a relationship with a Somali   guy. She wants to get married but he has not attempted to make any rational decisions to make this occur. However, this girl still is sticking around hoping and yearning for the day to come [...]

  • Sharmake Abdi alleges Toronto police mistook him for another man with the same name who was wanted on suspicion of murder and assaulted him. (CBC)

    Somalis angered by Toronto police action

    Members of Toronto’s Somali community say they’re upset with the amount of force used by police to take a suspect into custody last week — a suspect who turned out to be the wrong man. Sharmake Abdi, 26, alleges he was badly roughed up by about eight Toronto police officers on July 22 on Church [...]

  • Mo Farah

    Mo Farah makes history as he wins gold in Barcelona

    MOHAMED FARAH last night became the first British Somali-born man to win gold in the 10KM at a European Championships in Barcelona. The Somali-born who lives in London won in 28 minutes, 24.99 seconds and makes all Somalis in Britain and all around the world proud. Share on Facebook

  • The beginning of hope

    The beginning of hope

    SYLVAN LAKE — Somalia in 20 years will be a peaceful country where anyone can have an education and everyone has enough to eat, says a Central Alberta woman hailed as an agent for change in a war-shattered nation. Amanda Lindhout, joined by Somali Canadian Abdul Salad of Red Deer, gave an update on Sunday [...]

  • The waste man chronicles.

    The waste man chronicles.

    There are waste men from Harlesden to Hargesia even if there was life on the moon I can assure you that there would be waste aliens. There needs to be an encyclopaedia on avoiding this specific specimen. Before I start I would like to state that the number of good men exceeds ‘waste men’ I [...]

Wifey Material.

Wifey Material.

The other day I was talking to a work colleague of mine who is in a relationship with a Somali   guy. She wants to get married but he has not attempted to make any rational decisions to make this occur. However, this girl still is sticking around hoping and yearning for the day to come [...]

The Rageh Omaar Report – From Minneapolis to Mogadishu

At least 20 young American men of Somali background left their homes in Minneapolis to return to Somalia and fight alongside a militant group called al-Shabab. This is Rage Omaar’s Report show from Aljazeerah. Share on Facebook

Sharmake Abdi alleges Toronto police mistook him for another man with the same name who was wanted on suspicion of murder and assaulted him. (CBC)

Somalis angered by Toronto police action

Members of Toronto’s Somali community say they’re upset with the amount of force used by police to take a suspect into custody last week — a suspect who turned out to be the wrong man. Sharmake Abdi, 26, alleges he was badly roughed up by about eight Toronto police officers on July 22 on Church [...]

Mo Farah

Mo Farah makes history as he wins gold in Barcelona

MOHAMED FARAH last night became the first British Somali-born man to win gold in the 10KM at a European Championships in Barcelona. The Somali-born who lives in London won in 28 minutes, 24.99 seconds and makes all Somalis in Britain and all around the world proud. Share on Facebook

EU allocates €35 million to Somalia

EU allocates €35 million to Somalia

The European Commission has allocated €35 million to support humanitarian activities in Somalia. The Commission explained that it was estimated that approximately 3.2 million people, about 42% of the population of Somalia, would need emergency humanitarian assistance and/or livelihood support in the first half of 2010 and the situation is unlikely to improve in the [...]

The beginning of hope

The beginning of hope

SYLVAN LAKE — Somalia in 20 years will be a peaceful country where anyone can have an education and everyone has enough to eat, says a Central Alberta woman hailed as an agent for change in a war-shattered nation. Amanda Lindhout, joined by Somali Canadian Abdul Salad of Red Deer, gave an update on Sunday [...]

The waste man chronicles.

The waste man chronicles.

There are waste men from Harlesden to Hargesia even if there was life on the moon I can assure you that there would be waste aliens. There needs to be an encyclopaedia on avoiding this specific specimen. Before I start I would like to state that the number of good men exceeds ‘waste men’ I [...]

How Strong Are You?

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The strong man is not the one who wrestles others; rather, the strong man is the one who controls himself at times of anger.” [The Book of Al-Birr: Sahih Muslim] Commentary: That is why we see that people [...]

Heart problem no problem for fliers

IT’S OK to fly even if you have serious heart problems, according to this week’s advice from the British Cardiovascular Society. Its guidelines are much more upbeat than previous reports on air travel and heart disease, which warned of heart attacks and lung failure from deep-vein thrombosis – when blood clots form, blocking veins and arteries. “The cabin environment [...]

Never Lose Hope

413. Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah, the Almighty, says: `Whosoever does a good deed, will have (reward) ten times like it and I add more; and whosoever does an evil, will have the punishment like it or I will forgive (him); and [...]

How Many Potatoes Will You Carry?

How Many Potatoes Will You Carry?

A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her [...]

TIME IS OFF THE ESSENCE

TIME IS OFF THE ESSENCE

By Muna Mohammed Since I’ve been alive, for the last 22years of my life. I’ve been trying to race the time, to try and achieve what’s mine, and targets I had in sight…. Looking back at the early stages of my life. I never had a choice of mine, I was always my mum’s one [...]

NZ Author In Running For Big Cash Prize

NZ Author In Running For Big Cash Prize

New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton has made the “longlist” of 16 contenders for this year’s Stg30,000 ($N63,000) Dylan Thomas Prize in Britain. The first-time novelist’s 2007 book deals with reactions to an affair between a male teacher and Victoria, a girl at his secondary school, and response to the death of another pupil. This year’s [...]

Somali state pushes primary education coverage to 64.8 per cent

Somali state pushes primary education coverage to 64.8 per cent

Jijjiga, July 22 (WIC) – The Somali State Education Bureau said the primary education coverage in the state has reached to 64.8 per cent as a result of the concerted efforts made to expand education this academic year. Bureau Head, Abdurahman SheiK Ahmed, told WIC that the coverage rose to the stated per cent from [...]

Leicester beats Ragsved 3-0 and cruises to the Semi-Finals of the SEUKI Cup

Leicester beats Ragsved 3-0 and cruises to the Semi-Finals of the SEUKI Cup

Yesterday the most anticipated game in the knock-out stages of the SEUKI cup was played and it all went wrong for the local team, Ragsved. Early in the game Ragsved conceded a goal and straight after Leicester got a penalty. Leicester’s captain (Faisal) took the penalty and made it 2-0 for the underdogs.  Leicester was [...]