Opinion

Islamophobia and Radicalized Perceptions

AUG 25, 2016

The current U.S. presidential election has placed Islam and Muslims on the center stage of a nasty campaign politics. Fear politics and interpersonal ...

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Deris wanaagii iyo dabkii la shidey, dagaalkii sokeeye ee Soomaaliya,!

AUG 24, 2016

Waxaan halkan ku soo bandhigayaa dhacdo murugo iyo farxadba leh oo qoyskayagii soo gaartey biloowgii dagaalkii sokeeye ee Somaliya. Soo bandhigida she...

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Alifka Aqalka Sare & Hoose Toosiya, Albaqaraha “Aayatiinka Dalka” Yaanan ku Dhibtooninee

AUG 23, 2016

Soomalida waxay dhahdaa “Dooni Laba Naakhuude leh way Jabtaa”. Soomaaliya waxay mar dhow yeelanaysaa laba aqal oo mid sare iyo mid hoose ah. Taaso...

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Somalia: a brief encounter with Madobe’s militia, Al Shabaab and the United Nations

AUG 22, 2016

Over the Indian Ocean and on the approach to landing in Kismayo (southern Somalia), the plane dropped four thousand feet in a single maneuver followed...

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France's Burkini Bigotry

AUG 21, 2016

After bans on full-face veils, head scarves in schools and rules about students’ skirt lengths, France’s perennial problem...

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2016 Somali Election: Extended Legitimacy or Increased Profiteering.

AUG 20, 2016

Somalia has finally publicised the long awaited Somali election schedule for the country. Since then the country has gone into election fever. Politic...

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Should Somalia leap into new age of governance?

AUG 19, 2016

The Somali nation is young yet strangely enough wild and complex, as it has existed thousands of years. It passed through difficult upheavals, bu...

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Hanging by a Thread: Somali’s Traumatic Past and Uncertain Future

AUG 18, 2016

Across Somalia, on 1 July 1960, there was great jubilation and celebration as the country had gained independence from both Britain and Italy after a ...

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Our Journey to Mogadishu: Fear and Hope

AUG 13, 2016

One night, my mobile rung ‘ding...ding...ding’ “can I talk to Yusuf” asked a lady. “It is me, Yusuf” I responded. “I am your sister.... ...

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Members of Somalia’s Leadership Forum Disagree on their Official Communiqué

AUG 13, 2016

Four years of highly “Enhanced” international engagement between the federal Government of Somalia and the International Community did not lead to...

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