Somalia has been steadily slipping from global media attention over the past few months. The large scale crisis is no longer making headline news, which means that advocacy and lobbying groups are finding it increasingly difficult to place pressure on policymakers and humanitarian organizations to scale their intervention in the Horn of Africa. I recently [...]
SDY Conference: Call for Papers and Presentation Topics The Somali Diaspora Youth (SDY) Conference Committee would like to extend an invitation to, among others, sociologists, historians, political scientists, IT & engineering professionals, health care/public health professionals, economists, educators, activists, and civil society professional who are youth; who specialize and/or work with Somali Diaspora youth, to [...]
Government of Alberta has recently made an announcement of critical funding that will enable the Canadian Somali community to prevent youth crime. This is a great victory for the Canadian Somali community. After a lot of advocacy efforts, the government of Alberta has finally listened to our concerns and provided the Alberta Somali community with [...]
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
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 [...]
They’ve been called the “saints of Somalia.” Doctors Hawa Abdi and Deqo Mohamed talk about their medical clinic in Somalia, where — in the face of civil war and open oppression of women — they’ve built a hospital, a school and a community of peace. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks [...]
Seattle, Washington Youth are holding a fundraising event for Fadouma Ahmed Ma’alin(17 years old girl that is severally burned). The event is called “Breaking the Silence”. The purpose of this event is to empower Somali women. We are conducting a survey and we would like to ask Somali people questions regarding house hold abuse. So [...]
On the 1st of December 2010, Coventry Somali Students organised an awareness program to fundraise and raise awareness for World Aids Day. They have invited Somali students as well as students from other backgrounds to take part in World AIDS Day with Coventry Somali Society. Students have travelled from local universities to participate in raising [...]
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 [...]
The world’s most populated refugee camp, Dadaab, situated in northern Kenya. Although Kenya officially closed its border with Somalia in 2007, more and more Somalis continue to pour into the country amid intensifying fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.This a short version of the film we will be showing [...]
This is Now or Never Generation (NNG), this is our way of moving on and hopefully creating peace in Somalia. We hope you like it and please let us know what you think of it. Do you think forgiveness is the key to peace in Somalia? Share on Facebook
Come and ask your local Somali Councillors for advice around issues affecting you! It will held on Friday 29th October 2010 from 18:30 PM till 21:00 PM At Camden Town Hall, Council Chambers, Judd St, London WC1H 9LZ Programme: 18:30 Networking – Human Bingo: Everyone will receive a grid of questions and they will have [...]
Two women writers from the Somali diaspora will read from their recent novels at Wellesley College Monday, Oct. 4, at from 7-9:30 pm in the Newhouse Center for the Humanities in Green Hall. The panel discussion that will follow the readings will feature two academic perspectives on the topic, one from ethnic studies and one [...]
