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...
Fatuma Omar Ismail: A scholar born into squalor 270,000 people are marooned in the hopelessness of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. But one extraordinary Somali girl found a way out. Daniel Howden reports. The Independent;Tuesday, 26 May 2009 by Andre Lascaris,"In Kenya for a...
Interesting piece from today's Age newspaper..my comments in red. Apart from this 'below the belt' comments,the article is interesting, positive and very informative. See the URL or better still get a copy of today's 'The Age' newspaper, or even better get it everyday.
Bob Hawke...you're really a legend! No bloody doubt whatsoever, about that! This gem appeared recently in 'The Age' ...best newspaper in the world. Imagine an African Leader hitching a ride? you must be joking.
The purpose of the conference is to enable scholars and intellectuals from Somalia and live in the Asia Pacific to exchange ideas and views about the recent developments in the Horn of Africa. The expected outcomes of the conference are: To create a mechanism that motivates the community towar...
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Somali Websites - The Good, The bad, The Ugly and beyond A soon to be published paper about the history and the evolution of the Somali websites reveals an amazing hidden cultural phenomenon that escaped the attention of many researchers in this field. There are close to thousand websites about Somalia many owned by Somalis. Abdirahman Aynte of Hiiraan Online wrote about this topic sometime ago...but things have really taken off since then. A related but not directly connected to this issue is the possibility that one can study how we Somali communicate (or not communicate) from the quality and content of our websites.
The major problem with many of the Somali websites (the bad and the ugly category) is the design, the layout and presentation of the content. Many of the websites are just too loud, too many unnecessary whistles and bells that distract the reader. Many have no motive or purpose for their existence, apart from the low nomadic competition of 'me too'...my town, my tribe, my village, my camel, etc. Some are so bad that it is hard to believe they are created or owned by Somalis (the beyond redemption category)- these category really degrade the Somali culture and tradition (if there is anything left of that). I do not want to give too much away....this is just a kind of announcing about the soon to be published paper. If you can't wait and want a copy in advance, email me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and I shall do the right thing.
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