The Somali Women’s Scholarship Program (SWSP) was created with the knowledge that every Somali woman has the potential to make substantial contributions to the development of Somalia. We aim to supportand encourage the development of leadership qualities by providing full university scholarships to women who are passionate about creating positive, sustainable change...Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
His partner has often talked of her desire to have children. So TV historian Niall Ferguson must be a happy man after news that Somali-born feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali is expecting. The 41-year-old writer has told friends in America she is five months pregnant. Ferguson, 47, already has three children by his wife of 17 years, former newspaper editor Sue Douglas. The couple...Continue reading »
EDMONTON – The family of a young Edmonton man who died after being severely beaten last week are frustrated no charges have been laid. Yusuf Abdirahim, a 20-year-old Somali-Canadian, was found by police unconscious on the boulevard at 149th Avenue and 70th Street, near Londonderry Mall, around 3 a.m. last Thursday. He was taken to hospital, where he died Saturday...Continue reading »
Witnesses speak to police about what happened early May 19 when a man was beaten near 70th Street and 149th Avenue. The young man later died in hospital. (CBC) Edmonton’s latest homicide victim is a 20-year-old Somali-Canadian, CBC News has learned. Yusuf Abdirahim was found unconscious in northeast Edmonton near 149th Avenue and 70th Street around 3 a.m. May 19...Continue reading »
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 much needed funding to...Continue reading »
Xafladii Sanad guurada 20th Somaliland oo lagu qabtay magalada Minneapolis, Ee gobolka Minnesota xaflada oo ka duwanayd kuwii hore uga dhicijiray halkan oo ay dhalinyaradii qabanqaabinyey ay ku soo marti qaadeen fanaanda Caanka ah ee Nimco Yaasin Caraale iyo C/jibaar Khaliiji, waxaa ka soo qayb galay dad badan oo ka kala yimid dhamaan Gobolada Somalia waxaa iyaguna ka...Continue reading »
WAITING anxiously at the airport, Isha Munya cranes her neck as people stream through the arrival lounge, desperate to catch her first glimpse of the daughter she last saw 19 years ago in war-torn Somalia. She remembers the tears and the dread in her stomach two decades earlier when she said goodbye to Faduma, aged just eight at the time, before fleeing the violence of...Continue reading »
Sanad guuradii 20 ad ee Somaliland oo lagu xusayo goblka Minnesota waxaa ka soo qayb galaya fanaan isugu jirta kuwa Waqoyi Ameerika iyo kuwa Yurub oo ay ka mid yihiin Nimco Yaasin Caraale, iyo Abdifataax Yare, waxaa sanadkan la filayaa in uu noqdo mid ka duwan kuwii kale waxaan idiin ku soo gudbin doonaa heesha habeenkaas www.Bartamaha.com ...
It was a historic night on so many levels. A coveted majority for Stephen Harper’s Conservative party, making him only the third Tory leader to ever win three mandates in a row. The crushing defeat of the Liberals, relegated to third place for the first time in the party’s history which is as old as this country; the NDP’s orange crush; the Bloc Quebecois’...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Ohio) Baaritaan ay sameeyeen TV ku yaal magaalada Columbus ayaa waxaa ay cadeynaysaa in waxbarashada carruurta ee iskoolka kadib lagu xaday qalinka lana marsiin jidkii loogu talo galay ee ahaa in carruurta wax lagu baro. Dowladda Maraykanka ayaa siisa lacag fara badan ururo sheegta inay jaaliyadooda wax baraan caruurta iskoolka kadib, laakiin Soomaali ku dhaqan...Continue reading »
I was extremely honored and excited to have been invited and learned so much including a doctor from Seattle who said autism seems to be high among Somali American children there as well more than the general population which I did not know. It was an awesome experience that I will never forget. All of the speakers were kind, sincere and thoughtful. My favorite was...Continue reading »
Immigrants from Somalia are now one of the largest ethnic groups in the Twin Cities, but Somali restaurants haven’t gained nearly as much crossover acceptance as Mexican, Vietnamese or even Thai restaurants. Race no doubt plays a part, and so do culture and location. Most of Somali restaurants are concentrated in neighborhoods with high concentrations of immigrants,...Continue reading »
A mass brawl which erupted in south Manchester was the result of a dispute between youths in the local Somali community, police have said. WATCH VIDEO Three men were arrested and a handgun – which police believe had been fired – was found after the fight in Gerry Wheale Square, Moss Side. One man was detained after a car seen fleeing from the scene was pursued...Continue reading »
It comes as no surprise to people-watchers. For generations, the Old North End has been a port of entry to greater Burlington, a source of hybrid vigor as well as growing pains. In the past decade, the neighborhood has become the most racially diverse place in Vermont, thanks largely to refugees from Asia and Africa. U.S. census data make it official: The neighborhoods...Continue reading »
By: benfrenchphoto Islamic radicalism and the threat of young Somalis being lured to fight for extremist causes usually aren’t on the mind of Ilhan Dahir’s friends at Hilliard Bradley High School. “If we talk about it, it’s in an intellectual way,” said the 18-year-old senior, herself of Somali descent. But Dahir said that last night’s...Continue reading »
St. Paul, Minn. — A Twin Cities man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis on charges that he was involved with an alleged conspiracy to arm Minnesota fighters in Somalia with assault weapons. Prosecutors allege Omer Abdi Mohamed was part of a conspiracy to provide AK-47 assault rifles to three Twin Cities men accused of traveling to Somalia in 2007...Continue reading »
Five top grades at A-level were not enough to win a Somalian girl a place, as university admits she was ‘disadvantaged’ by their admissions process Oxford University has admitted that it bungled when it failed to offer an interview to a bright black student from one of Britain’s most deprived areas. Somalian-born Fatima Yusuf, 19, had applied to study medicine...Continue reading »
