A young Somali man shares his inspiring immigration experience.
“I was born and raised in Mogadishu Somalia, when i was 14, i decided to get a better life then joining Al Shabab or becoming a child soldier. My parents helped me through out all my journey, first i...
View ArticleSomali Entrepreneur’s multimillion-dollar internet startup Efritin is what...
At a media conference held during the week at Protea hotel in Ikeja, a new online classifieds platform, Efritin.com, was launched into the Nigerian market. This platform is designed to provide a...
View ArticleAbdi Dini Becomes First Somali Player to Star for Canada’s Wheelchair Team to...
The Canadian Parapan Am Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team player Abdi Dini, left, is shown during plays Mexico in the preliminary round action against Mexico at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games...
View ArticleSomali Women drive success of Somali malls in Minneapolis
It’s not a secret that Somalis have an entrepreneurial culture that follows them everywhere. According to a Star Tribune report, Somali women are the driving force behind most of the shops in the...
View ArticleCongressional Somalia Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Acceleration of Somalia...
WASHINGTON — Earlier today, the co-chairs of the Congressional Somalia Caucus, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), were joined by 16 members of Congress in sending a letter to Treasury...
View ArticleThis young Somali NCAA soccer player for Ohio State University is a highly...
Freshman midfielder Abdi Mohamed has made an immediate impact on the 2015 Ohio State University (OSU) men’s soccer team. Abdi Mohamed has seen action in all seven games with three starts for the...
View Article6th grader Somali girl from Minneapolis’s Cedar Riverside becomes ambassador...
Minneapolis, Minn. — A Cedar Riverside Community School sixth-grader was selected as one of 67 students to serve as a state ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60. That’s an in-school nutrition and physical...
View ArticleSt. Cloud is the worst place in Minnesota to be Somali and Muslim
Lul Hersi sat in her idling minivan at a stoplight in downtown St. Cloud. Her window was rolled down to invite in the evening summer breeze, her phone tucked in her hijab, against her ear, like a...
View Article#OurThreeBrothers: Do You See Us Black Muslims Now? By Eman Idil
On Wednesday night, the bodies of three young Muslim men were found dead in an Indiana home. The victims were Mohamedtaha Omar, 23, Adam Kamel Mekki, 20, and Muhannad Adam Tairab, 17. They were found...
View ArticleSomali Canadian Mother, Faiza Dirir, Recieved Scholarship and Inspired Her...
Cabdriver Ali Omar was in his driveway in Lawrence Heights, about to start his shift, when neighbour Faiza Dirir came over to tell him her news — she’d won a scholarship for a job-training program....
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