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Walking on a land where the surfaces are bound with desires and obsessions. Where a Somali boy has no power or control over his own desires and destiny. Blind to the need of self-discipline and self-respect. Just left on the corner of the dark allies and streets No hope or support but just the option [...]
Ramadan in a Muslim Country, by Altaf Bhimji A new night of the sacred month the thin slice of the moon; the crescent visible only a few minutes to the naked eye A sight beautiful signaling new, fresh Greetings one to the other: Ramadan Mubarakh And a few hours later sounds of drums Wake up! [...]
By Zakia Hussen We now live in an age where we believe giving donations or even just being kind to people is a voluntary act you do when we “feel like being a good Samaritan”. With Ramadan just around the corner this attitude has made me think a lot about the state of the poor [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Somalia Ramadan Relief 2010 Ramadan 2010 is set to begin on Wednesday 11th August 2010 and will run for 30 days until Thursday 9th September 2010. Somalia particularly the Banadiir (Mogadishu) is currently facing major humanitarian issues. During the blessed month of Ramadan Saada intends to run Afuur programmes in Areas throughout the Mogadishu and [...]
I am the Nomadic Empress A Queen Sheba descendant A modern-day Mary Fighting corruption and injustice I am a humble servant of the only one who deserves it The Creator of the Universe and everything in it For pomp and glory I have no care May not be rich, but in my heart a real [...]
Dalkeygow, I hear your calling Dalkeygow, I feel this yearning A yearning to return to you My birthplace, my second wombDalkeygow, when will I be able to see you again? When will my eyes be ableto adore your beauty again? Dalkeygow, for how much longer will I be seperated from you? For how much longer [...]
We have the potential to meet the need We have the potential to succeed. Hear me, my friend! We have the potential indeed. We have the potential to make past mistakes right We have the potential to bring the hopes of daylight. We have the potential to save the next generation We have the potential [...]
It was a long fretful watch Stretching years of secrets divulged Ifs and whys splashed everywhere. Even as I screeched a mark On the mired pages Scarred faces my pen evaded Speechless, An Angel shook its head,upset. History stalled. In the weeping arms of her mother A baby girl rocked herself to slumber. A disheveled [...]
JKS Makokha is a Kenyan writer living in Berlin, Germany. He is the author of Reading M.G. Vassanji: A Contextual Approach to Asian African Fiction (2009) and co-editor of a new volume on African literary criticism, Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Folklore (2010) with Jennifer Wawrzinek. Makokha teaches courses in African and South Asian literatures at the Institut fur Englische Philologie at the Freie Universitat Berlin.
“Daring to Dream” So many problems, so many possible solutions. So many people, so many expectations. I feel like going mad, don’t know where to start, don’t know right from wrong. Should I go right or should I go left? Should I follow my heart and just depart? I have this fire burning in my [...]
