Hissa Hilal, a Saudi poet

Hissa Hilal, Saudi Poet - The voice of the Million’s If all goes her way, Hissa Hilal, a Saudi poet, will win Dh5m next week at the finale of Million’s Poet. As a young girl she was forced to write in secret and hide her poems under the bed from strict Bedouin parents who did no...

Australia re-engaging with Africa

Australia re-engaging with Africa Acknowledgment: Kristi Maroc Phone: 02 9351 7009 Email: kristi.maroc@sydney.edu.au 19 March 2010 ShareThis Mr Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has today used the University of Sydney's Internat...

Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future

Australia and Africa: Looking to the Future Speech by Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, University of Sydney International Forum on Africa, Sydney 16 March 2010 Thank you for your kind introduction. Your Excellency Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales;&n...

Prof Samatar in OZ

Prof Ahmed Samatar's Visit to Australia during the Horn of Africa week in Melbourne. 11-17th March, Prof. Samatar will engage many in Australia by giving lectures at: La Trobe University on the 12th 3-4pm (see the flyer above) Vic parliament for the Somali students ...

THANK YOU MALAYSIA

Friend in need.....reflections from my recent visit to Malaysia. When the whole world ignored Somalia…one country stood up quietly, without drum beats or headlines, or invitation to corrupted officials, and opened its doors to welcome the traumatized Somali youth as well as elders, mothers and c...

They Shoot Camels Don't They?

They shoot camels don't they? - The Australian 25th July

In Australia, that is. Not in Somalia, no, no...in Somalia we shoot each other first while the camels watch and probably wonder what the fight is all about! And if it is not about camels, then we fight for...eh, can someone tell me why? waterholes, presidential seat, religion, whatever.

Camel Shooters

Australia will spend $19m to control camel numbers. Geel Beel! Instead of donating $2m to Somalia via the UNFP, Australia should have donated camels to Somalia. This would have been better way to help Somalis. The UNFP is not the best unit of the UN (if there is any trustworthy unit there at all). Read UN probe after aid stolen from Somali refugees.

Any Somali entrepreneur interested in camels should approach the Australian government, I'm sure they will be more than happy to hear from you. This could be a collaborative project between Somalia and Australia. I hope the minister of trade of the TFG comes across this page.

feral camels

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 July 2009 13:18