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Stability and Sustainability: Interview with Dr Hawa Abdi


Posted by syahirah on 18 Nov 2014 / 0 Comments
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It is a calm and cool afternoon in Nairobi, Kenya, when I catch up with Dr Hawa Abdi over Skype. After working hard in Mogadishu’s difficult circumstances with her two physician daughters Deqo and Amina Mohamed, she sometimes comes to Nairobi to rest and relax. Speaking over a passable internet connection, our conversation is peppered […]

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Breaking Down Stereotypes: Somali Women Always Agents of History


Posted by sharrae on 19 Jun 2013 / 0 Comments
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Recently, the Huffington Post re-published an Associated Press article on Sufi resurgence in Somalia. Following the withdrawal of the armed militant group Al-Shabab from the country’s capital of Mogadishu, Somalis are once again allowed to engage in Sufi practices without fear of death and violent repression. The article paints a landscape of men and women […]

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