Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection of his films for Channel 4 News. The awards, presented by Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow on Tuesday night, recognise outstanding journalism on the developing world. Jamal beat fellow nominees Sue Lloyd Roberts (Newsnight) and [...]
Islam Feruz could become Scotland’s youngest ever Under-21 player should he feature in the friendly against Italy at Easter Road on 25 April. The Chelsea forward, a Somalian asylum seeker who came to Glasgow in 2001, will be 16 years and 197 days, beating the record held by Christian Dailly. But coach Billy Stark does [...]
Dalmar Gure Wednesday, April 18, 2012 The LA Sparks made history Tuesday afternoon by drafting Farhiya Abdi from Sweden. The 6’2 forward was selected with the first pick of the second round (13th overall) and is the first Somali to be drafted in the WNBA. The 20 year old currently plays professional basketball for Czech [...]
Standard Life GB Wheelchair Basketball team member, Abdi Jama, explains how he grew from Everton football hopeful, to a serious Paralympic contender. Asking British Basketball star Abdi Jama about his hopes for the 2012 Paralympic Games prompts a huge smile. “No less than gold,” he says. He’s not joking. Born in Somalia but now a [...]
Sulekha, Singer Songwriter born in Somalia, came to Canada at the tender age of 4. Her Mother and Father are her greatest source of inspiration after God. Finished a Bachelor degree in Human Rights, in Ottawa, Ontario and found music to become her outlet.’’ Music to me is my platform and foundation for something bigger [...]
With ‘Kronologies’ Nadia Faragaab reignites the debate and discussion surrounding the profound absence of Somali representation within the expanse of Australian culture. In the wider arts community there exists a void, within which, exists a lack of support and encouragement for Somali artists and consequently, an absence of Somali imagery and symbolism in the arts [...]
This is the 3rd trip made by Global Somali Response team. This time we went to Daffur, Kenya to bring the first wave of supplies directly to the refugees fleeing drought and famine. The 80 families we fed are mainly from the Somali-Kenyan border villages on the Kenyan side. Share on Facebook
SAFE’s mission to improve the quality of schools in Somalia depends on your support! There are several ways you can get involved as a volunteer. You can help spread the word about SAFE’s work by A) distributing informational brochures in your community, B) inviting a SAFE staff to give a presentation at your company/community group [...]
By Elizabeth Hudson Monday, May 23, 2011 Great Britain wheelchair basketball player Abdi Jama admits that the sport has saved him from going down a potentially dangerous path. The 28-year-old was born in Somalia but moved to Toxteth in Liverpool, when he was six. One of 32 children – his father had five wives [...]
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“It was the happiest moment we ever had because we took our flag. We raised our flag. We felt like we were very important people.” The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies hold much more sentimentality for Somalia’s Samia Yusuf Omar, but it was her performance in a single 200-metre heat that sealed people’s [...]
Every week CNN International’s African Voices highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE (CNN) — When Sada Mire fled war-torn Somalia as a frightened teenager, the nation was descending into darkness, mired in the grip of a long civil [...]
Sallaams peeps. I came across this video on youtube (via a friend of mine on facebook) and I thought it was a cool video and I just wanted to share it with you guys. Share on Facebook
By M. J. Farah They say Bodhari died before his time. It was the burning love and its flame for Hodan that devoured this prolific poet in the 20th century. He fell deeply in love with Hodan in an age when love itself was a cultural taboo in their society of Berbera, Somalia. Hodan was [...]
This is Abdifatah Dhuhulow. His story is an exceptional one. In 1991, Dhuhulow was living with his family in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when civil war broke out. While trying to escape the city on a lorry, the family came under fire. Dhuhulow was shot in the ankle and fell off the lorry, and his [...]
TED: As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what’s happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond — at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change Source: [...]
