Bibi Abdalla graduated from the College of Saint Benedict this spring, in the first group of twelve students in the iLEAD program. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi) By Lien Hoang Twin Cities — Frightened and knowing no one, Bibi Abdalla, of St. Paul, entered college with one thought: get in, get her education and get out. But taking part in the Intercultural...Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
Canab Maxamed Ciise (ILGIIR) waa gabar Soomaaliyeed oo rabta in ay wiilkeeda ay kusoo celiso Canada. Canab waa gabar heysata dhalasha wadankan Canada wiilkeedana waxa uu ku dhashay wadanka Canada wuxuuna heystaa dhalasha wadankan. Canab wiilkeeda waa wiil jiran oo qaba cudurka layiraahdo ‘Autism’, Dhaqterka wiilka ayaa Canab kula taliyay inay geyso meel kahawo...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis police are searching for a suspect who robbed 14 different stores in the Somali mall on Monday night. Businesses surveillance caught the suspect going from store to store, breaking in. Store owners say the suspect took things ranging from cash to laptops. One store owner says almost his entire inventory of cell phones.The alarm in the...Continue reading »
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – An activist at a Minneapolis mosque where several Somali men and teenagers worshipped before returning to their war-torn homeland said Tuesday that she tried to block two of them from leaving the U.S. Abia Ali, who is scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury Tuesday, told Minnesota Public Radio that she surmised their plans...Continue reading »
By Jason Riley — After more than a year of competency hearings, a Somali man accused of murdering his four children and attacking his wife in southern Louisville in 2006 has been found competent to stand trial. And Jefferson Circuit Court Judge James Shake has set a June 14, 2010, date for the capital murder trial for Said Biyad, who has pleaded not guilty to the...Continue reading »
CBC News — The lawyer for a Canadian who has been imprisoned for more than five years in the United States for allegedly assisting al-Qaeda fears a deal to have him released may fall through because of a lack of support from Ottawa. Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, a 35-year-old born in Somalia, was charged in 2004 with five counts of supporting terrorism. The 5½ years...Continue reading »
Months before two Somali teenage boys left the Twin Cities for Somalia, one woman says she tried to stop their departures. Abia Ali, a youth volunteer at a Minneapolis mosque where about a dozen young men worshipped before traveling to their homeland, will share her story with a federal grand jury Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis. by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public...Continue reading »
A mentoring scheme to help young Somali-Canadians settle in Canada is being supported by Canadian immigration. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister, Jason Kenney revealed the plans to invest some CA$473,640 in the groundbreaking scheme, which is intended to promote integration and encourage leadership skills among young people on Canadian visas. The...Continue reading »
By Alexandra Zabjek, Edmonton Journal — Ignore the potholed parking lot, faded bricks and grated windows, the empty corridor with the broken clock, and look only at the young faces in this classroom, where a homework club unlike most others is taking place, where the multicultural future of a prairie city is taking shape. A girl in a hijab as bright as her smile...Continue reading »
By LORA PABST, Star Tribune — The family of an Augsburg college student gunned down last fall outside a Minneapolis community center had planned to sit in a courtroom this month, listening to the trial of the teenage suspect. Instead, the family of 20-year-old Ahmednur Ali marched Friday outside of the Minneapolis Police Department, calling for justice and answers...Continue reading »
Relatives, friends and neighbors of a Minneapolis teen killed in Somalia pressed their argument Thursday that a Muslim civil rights group is hampering a federal investigation into the disappearances of dozens of Twin Cities Somali men. At a protest outside the Brian Coyle Community Center in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Abdirizak Bihi, the uncle of...Continue reading »
Banaan baxa lagag soo horjeed jeedo uruka CAIR oo ah urur isku daya in uu u dagaalamo dadka ay Dolwada Maraykanku ku soo xadgudbaan kana koobaan kooxo sharci yaqaan ah oo Muslimiinah una badan Arab ayaa waxaa mudaharaad ku soo qaday qaad ka mid ah waalidiinta ay caruurtu ka maqan yihiin. Qasatan Abdirisaaq Bixi iyo Cismaan Ahmed oo ah walidiintii dhalay...Continue reading »
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 12, 2009) – The Government of Canada is investing in an ambitious and groundbreaking project that will bring together young Somali-Canadians with established Jewish-Canadian mentors in an effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney made the announcement...Continue reading »
 Xaflad si qurux badan loo soo agaasimay ayaa ka dhacday magaalada Minneapolis, Minnesota. Xafladaas ayaa u jeedadeedu ahayd taageero. Hadaba akhristow waxa laga yaabaa in aad isweydiiso waa maxay taageeridu. Hadii aad la socoto Soomaalida websaatyadeeda waxa isbuucii hore ka dhacay Minnesota xaflad lagu soo bandhigay in lagu dhawaaqo urur ka shaqeeya siyaasad.  Haddaba,...Continue reading »
Somali Voices Radio oo waraysi la yeelatay Abdirsaaq Bixi oo ka mida ah waalidiinta Caruurtooda la waayey, Â Maantana la soo sheegay in ladilay wiilkii uu abtiga u ahaa Burhaan Xasan, Abdi Rooble oo ah sawir qaade hatana ka wadan shaqo Xeryaha qaxootiga ee Kenya june 19 keeda waxay ka samaynayaa kaalomo dad kaas wax loogu ururinayo, iyo AbdihakinBR oo war bixin ka siinaya...Continue reading »
CityNews.ca Staff — Toronto’s latest murder victim has been identified as 16-year-old Ayoob Adam. Police say Adam died following a confrontation at a Dixon and Kipling high rise early Sunday morning. Police initially received calls about gunshots going off in the area, so when they found the young victim bleeding heavily, they assumed he was shot. ...Continue reading »
Minneapolis —  Waxa ka dhacay magaalada Minneapolis ee Dhulkaasi Maraykanka Shirweynihii Jaaliyada Somalida Ogadeeniya ee waqooyiga Amerika.Shirka oo ay ka soo qeybgaleen masuuliyiinta Jaaliyaadka Wadanka Maraykanka iyo dalka Canada oo ay aad uga dhex muuqdeen dadweynaha reer Meneasota oo aan iyaku u kala hadhin; Aqoonyahanka, Salaadiinta, Hooyooyinka iyo...Continue reading »
Since last summer, dozens of young Somali men have disappeared from the Twin Cities area. They were feared recruited by radical elements in Somalia. The Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center has several classes for young men. About 50 of them are taking the Circle of Peace class. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ―  One of the largest Mosques in the area is trying to help young...Continue reading »
