Posts By All Things Somali
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316Business‘Becoming Chinese’: Meet the first Somali with a Chinese Citizenship
NO MORE NORMAL I was born in Mogadishu in 1968 and my father is an optologist, who trained in Italy. Back then...
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266EducationSomalia: China Provides Education Equipment to Country’s Orphanage Home.
The Chinese Embassy in Somalia on Sunday provided education facilities and furniture to Badbado Orphanage Center in Mogadishu. “When notified that...
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293Motivation ManifestoCan Fadumo Dayib be Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate to get elected?
When Fadumo Dayib announced her bid to run for President of Somalia on national TV last year, people thought she was crazy....
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519PhotographyFresh Eyes: Amaal Said’s portraits of belonging
“Images”, as the Chilean visual artist Alfredo Jaar has said, “are not innocent.” From their creation, to their distribution to their...
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263Motivation ManifestoMuslim woman receives other offers after quitting police academy
If the Columbus Police Division doesn’t change its policy banning head scarves for female Muslim officers, Ismahan Isse might have a couple...
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380Social MediaFacebook sells ‘paradise on earth’ to young Somalis in Somalia
Many youth in Somalia have social media accounts which they use to stay in touch with relatives abroad [Reuters] Borama, Somaliland –...
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801FashionDeeqa – Fashion blogger turn Designer
A fashion line for those who want a modest look while staying stylish. DeesPresence, a recently launched fashion line by the talented...
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352EditorialGarissa children, victims of circumstance
Garissa students. [Photo courtesy of Action For Nature blog] To many Somalis of my generation, education was (and still is) the way...
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949Strong WomenHow a young Somali mother defied all odds to achieve success
Pic: Maryan Abdi and her son after graduation “You are your own worst critic,” so goes the saying, but today I am...
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396CultureThe New Somali Studies: Redefining & Re-evaluating Literature about Somalis in the 21st Century
I. Since #CadaanStudies was launched on Twitter, the tweet that has received the most circulation has been something that British explorer...