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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — OF the millions of young men and women settling into college dorms this month, one of the most unlikely is Abdisamad Adan, a 21-year-old beginning his freshman year at Harvard. Some of his 18 siblings are illiterate and never went even to first grade, and he was raised without electricity or indoor plumbing by an illiterate grandmother …

  They prize entrepreneurship and help make the community thrive A tax preparer in a shirt and tie dropped in on Bulbulo Mohamud’s cafe last week and said he believes it’s better for women to stay home and take care of children. Mohamud, a mother of three in a red and black headscarf whose husband travels for work, poured a …

Efritin.com an online classifieds platform that provides a marketplace for buyers and sellers to exchange their items has employed over 100 Nigerians within its first 3 months of operation in the country. This was stated at the official launch of the company at a media conference held recently in Protea Hotel ikeja. According to Mr. Babak Tighnavard, Chief Operating Officer …

(kstp abc)–Tired of trying to keep track of assignments and exams as a student at St. Cloud State University, one computer science major decided to take matters into his own hand and create a mobile app to do it for him. Guled Ahmed of North St. Paul set out to create an app in December 2014 during his junior year …

Being healthy in Ramadan It’s important to be healthy in Ramadan so that we can benefit fully from everything this month has to offer. It’s a busy and intense period of ibadah (worship) alhamdulillah, and we can and should help ourselves by being in the best possible physical condition. We can ensure this by eating foods that are rich in …

Sweets and desserts have always been an important delight to people all over the world. They offer joy and bring a sense of positivity around the dinner table. Different cultures around the world have their own versions of how to make and serve desserts and sweets and the Somali community is no exception in this regard. Somali culture is mostly …

Source: mprnews.org By: Mukhtar Ibrahim Faduma Warsame is a woman on a mission. The 21-year-old graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in English and a minor in teaching English as a second language. One might expect Warsame to start hunting for a teaching job, or take a break from school in the summer. She’s doing neither. In late …

Asha Farah, spent the first 11 years of her life as a nomad in Somalia. For half the year, she chased the rainfalls and raised livestock with her mother and siblings. Their only shelter was a portable house made of bent sticks, dried grass and woven mats. “As a child, my daily life focused on battling thirst, hunger and extreme …

Last month, a Minnesota high school student received national attention after being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools plus Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Minnesota. After weeks of weighing the options, Munira Khalif has decided to attend Harvard University. “I was humbled to be able to choose amongst these incredible schools, and it was truly a difficult decision,” …

If the Columbus Police Division doesn’t change its policy banning head scarves for female Muslim officers, Ismahan Isse might have a couple of options outside Ohio. The Edmonton Police Service in Alberta, Canada, has reached out to Isse, the 29-year-old Somali-American who said she dropped out of the Columbus police academy this year because she was prohibited from wearing her …

As the economy picks up across Minnesota, the state’s Somali-born population continues to battle higher than average unemployment. The most recent figures, for 2011-2013, put Somalis’ unemployment at 21 percent, about three times the rate for the general population during the same period of time. Some Somali community leaders are concerned that the lack of opportunities can fuel despair, especially …

The Voice UK finally went live this evening and all the contestants on the show really have high expectations to live up to. The amazing Autumn Sharif of Team Ricky just took to the stage and … It was certainly a tough decision for Ricky to cut his team down from eight to just three last week, but it seems …

Entrepreneur and business media has created a legend around the entrepreneur. For many reasons, this has helped – increasing the amount of people who choose this career and lifestyle is a great thing for our economies and society. The downside is that the narrative it espouses tells a tale of a successful solo entrepreneur facing all odds and coming out victorious …

Ugaaso Boocow’s Instagram account has 50,000 followers and aims to bring light relief to a country returning to life after the trauma of war A mother is justifying her son’s divorce, absolving him from all blame. “These girls of 2014 are wasteful youths,” she says, talking on the phone and shaking her head. “The one my son Weheliye was married …

Most men have a hard time understanding women. Even a woman they’ve been married to for years. One minute she’s perfectly fine. The next, she’s crying like a baby. She complains about something but when we offer advice on how to fix it, she still isn’t satisfied. After several years of marriage (and counselling) I’ve learned to not worry so …