Social Affairs

Social Affairs

Then We Fed Them, Now We Film Them: The Fading Art of Somali Martisoor

Martisor

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Dear Private Sector, This Is Your Aisha

I am sure you visited a hospital in Somalia. You met nurses. You've seen that they all have something in common. They look exhausted and unmotivated.

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Ahmed: Hoping He Reached the Shore

It was recently, just two months ago, when I came alone to the Samira restaurant in Mogadishu. I wanted to be alone after a hectic day.

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Time to End the Endless Balanballe-Guriceel Violence

It was 1991 when the Somali government collapsed, and clan-based warfare broke out throughout the country. Balanballe was the hotspot of the fight.

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Omar Seerbiya: A Man who Preserved our Art

The collapse of the Somali Republic in 1991 led to a tremendous loss, including the loss of cultural heritage. Pre-1991, Somalia is famous for a sophisticated Art. Unfortunately, this rich art was lost. Nevertheless, there are individual heroes who strived to keep a record of the country’s rich art history. Among them is Mr. Omar Ali Hassan actually known as Seerbiya. For about a year now Mr. Omar Seerbiya have had lenghty discussions about the state of Art and Culture in post-conflict Somalia. I dedicate this story to him in honor of his extraordinary efforts to preserve our culture and art.

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Rachel Beckwith: Gabadhii caqliga iyo deeqsinimada badneyd

Inanta yar ee dhoollacadeynaysaa waa Rachel Bechwith, waxay ahayd sagaal sano ( 9 ) markii ay ku geeriyootay shil gaari, inta aynan geriyoon ka hor waxa ay lahayd hammi weyn, waxay ku dhalatay abuur gooni ah, naxariis iyo deeqsinimo. Ayada oo shan sano ( 5) jirta ayay timaheeda ugu deeqi jirtay ilmaha qaba kansarka ama si kale tintu uga bidday( cudurro).