Opinion
Islamophobia and Radicalized Perceptions
The current U.S. presidential election has placed Islam and Muslims on the center stage of a nasty campaign politics. Fear politics and interpersonal ...
Read More »Deris wanaagii iyo dabkii la shidey, dagaalkii sokeeye ee Soomaaliya,!
Waxaan halkan ku soo bandhigayaa dhacdo murugo iyo farxadba leh oo qoyskayagii soo gaartey biloowgii dagaalkii sokeeye ee Somaliya. Soo bandhigida she...
Read More »Alifka Aqalka Sare & Hoose Toosiya, Albaqaraha “Aayatiinka Dalka” Yaanan ku Dhibtooninee
Soomalida waxay dhahdaa “Dooni Laba Naakhuude leh way Jabtaa”. Soomaaliya waxay mar dhow yeelanaysaa laba aqal oo mid sare iyo mid hoose ah. Taaso...
Read More »Somalia: a brief encounter with Madobe’s militia, Al Shabaab and the United Nations
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...
Read More »France's Burkini Bigotry
After bans on full-face veils, head scarves in schools and rules about students’ skirt lengths, France’s perennial problem...
Read More »2016 Somali Election: Extended Legitimacy or Increased Profiteering.
Somalia has finally publicised the long awaited Somali election schedule for the country. Since then the country has gone into election fever. Politic...
Read More »Should Somalia leap into new age of governance?
The Somali nation is young yet strangely enough wild and complex, as it has existed thousands of years. It passed through difficult upheavals, bu...
Read More »Hanging by a Thread: Somali’s Traumatic Past and Uncertain Future
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 ...
Read More »Our Journey to Mogadishu: Fear and Hope
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.... ...
Read More »Members of Somalia’s Leadership Forum Disagree on their Official Communiqué
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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