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Category: Documentaries

Children Left Behind: three boys tell their stories of hardship and hope

Children Left Behind: three boys tell their stories of hardship and hope

Meet three young boys – Fabio, Jason, and Marcell. They are from similarly impoverished backgrounds, but from different countries. This short film follows Fabio, Jason and Marcell (from Italy, the Netherlands and the USA) as they describe what it’s like to be among the most disadvantaged children in their society. PART 1) PART 2) Source: [...]

Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting: a UNICEF Innocenti documentary

Victims of Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C), and activists, share their insights and personal stories from Africa and Europe. Together they make a compelling case for the abandonment of FGM/C. This UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre documentary is in support of the Innocenti report, “The Dynamics of Social Change. Towards the abandonment of Female Gential [...]

‘Walaalaha’ (Brothers) Short Film

This short film is written by Deeq Mohamed Afrika, Directed & Edited by Nabiil Hassan Nur. Please let us know what you think of it. Share on Facebook

Environmental Justice For Somalia ( EJS)

Environmental Justice For Somalia ( EJS)

Environment , Toxic Waste Dumping “Illegal Fishing” Piracy Share on Facebook

Youth in Action

Youth in Action

Youth in Action March 2011 Source: FDSpolska Share on Facebook

Foundation for Somalia (short-documentary)

Foundation for Somalia (short-documentary)

This is a short documentary film over the daily life of the people of Adado region in Somalia. “After watching this film you will be not the same person any more. This film was registred during our trip to Somalia which took place in January 2011″ Source: FDSpolska Share on Facebook

Here today, gone tomorrow? Saving Somaliland’s heritage

Here today, gone tomorrow? Saving Somaliland’s heritage

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 [...]

Redemption Through Reinvention: Somali Documentary (Trailer)

Redemption Through Reinvention is a documentary about the Somali community in San Diego. This film presents a holistic view of this unique Muslim refugee community displaced by civil war in a post 9/11 era. This film will present an inside look into the culture, food, families and educational institutions of this community as well as [...]

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TED: A historic moment in the Arab world

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: [...]

The Weather Underground

The Weather Underground

“Hello. I’m going to read a declaration of a state of war… Within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice.” — Bernardine Dohrn Thirty years ago, with these words, a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by [...]

The Life And Death Of Abdinasir Dirie

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(video) Somalia Today: progress & people

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TV -ga CBC ee dalka kanada oo oo bandhigay in qashinka sunta ah lagu daadiyey xeebaha somaliya

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Pray the Devil Back to HELL!

Pray the Devil Back to HELL!

Synopsis Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. Thousands of women — ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim — came together to pray for peace and then [...]

Somalis in Bristol need your help!

Somalis in Bristol need your help!

As salamu aliakum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Your brothers and sisters in Bristol are in need of your aid. By the grace of Allah subhanaah wa ta’aala Bristol has been blessed with a Masjid, a Quran School and most recently a Bookstore and Dawah Centre. The Masjid has been the centre of the community for years and [...]