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The Polari First Book Prize has been won by British-Somali writer Diriye Osman for his short story collection, Fairytales for Lost Children. Osman’s book, published by Team Angelica Press, beat a shortlist made up of books from established independent publishers and self-published titles. Paul Burston, chair of the judges, said: “‘With such a strong shortlist, deciding on a winner was …

(EBC)- Anxiety has gripped Kenya after a female passenger from South Sudan died on Saturday night from Ebola-like symptoms arriving in the country. Health officials at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) said that the female passenger on board Kenya Airways flight alighted at 6:45 p.m. with high fever and bleeding from the openings of her body. “We have not …

A popular Somali band has been forced to seek asylum in the Netherlands after Kenya revoked its refugee status, its lead singer has told the BBC. Falis Abdi Mohamud said Kenyan officials seized her refugee card and that of four other band members when they flew out of Nairobi last month. The band – famous for singing against Islamic extremism …

Prevention includes avoiding direct contact with those infected and health officials following decontamination proceduresHow is Ebola spread?  The Ebola virus is transmitted in the bodily fluids of people who are seriously ill, who are likely to be vomiting, bleeding or have diarrhoea. Blood, faeces and vomit are the most infectious fluids, and in late stages of the disease even tiny …

Malala Yousafzai will travel to Canada to become an honorary citizen, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday, the same day the 17-year-old education rights campaigner was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Malala was named an honorary Canadian a year ago and will visit the country on October 22 to receive citizenship, Harper said. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly …

The aunt of a missing 15-year-old schoolgirl who is thought to have been radicalised online before travelling to Syria says powerful jihadists are ‘brainwashing’ British teenagers through the internet. Sucdi Ali said her family are ‘heartbroken’ over suggestions schoolgirl Yusra Hussien may have become a ‘jihadi bride’ after she secretly left her Bristol home more than two weeks ago. She …

In West Africa, radio stations are using their power to inform listeners about Ebola. And in Atlanta, an African immigrant is taking on the same mission. Hussein Mohamed was born in Ethiopia and moved to the US as a child in the early 1980s, fleeing the country’s civil war. Today, he runs a radio show, Sagal Radio, targeted at Atlanta’s …

If City Council approves, it would be a first for any U.S. city. Somali leaders in Minneapolis will ask the City Council this week to consider adding a Somali community to its list of sister cities — a move that would be a first for any American city. The proposal, which has support from a long list of Somalibusiness, cultural …

Everyone has had a dream to be free, live their dreams, do what they love and run their own business. This is a life available to everyone who chooses the entrepreneurial path. So do you want to be a successful Muslim entrepreneur and achieve just that? Entrepreneurship has been a part of the Muslim way of life since the time …

When St. David’s Center for Child and Family Development decided to establish a newautism day treatment (ADT) preschool program in Northeast Minneapolis, mental health paraprofessionals went door-to-door to talk to parents and recruit potential students. “We went out into the community,” recalled paraprofessional Amina Hassan of this unusual approach. “We just knocked on doors and introduced ourselves. We told them …

A 26-year-old Muslim woman suffered injuries after being racially abused, assaulted and thrown off a moving train in Australia’s Melbourne last week, in an alarming Islamophobic attack. Detective Senior Constable Michael Potter was quoted by 9News on Monday saying the attack had a “massive effect” on the victim, calling it “totally unacceptable.” The victim had her head bashed into the …

The family of a missing 15-year-old girl who is feared to have travelled to Syria have made an appeal for her return. Yusra Hussien, from Easton in Bristol, flew from Heathrow to Turkey last week with a 17-year-old girl from London, police said. Detectives said the priority was to find Yusra and “make sure she is safe”. Her family rejected …

by Sadik Warfa A dictionary definition of Diaspora is a “scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area.” After decades of war, many Somalis left our Homeland seeking a better future. Today, there are approximately 2 to 3 million Somalis scattered around the world. Many of us immigrated to the United States–and the largest Somali community developed …

Ahmed Farah, 25, is facing being deported from Britain back to Somalia Was jailed in 2010 for his part in a knife raid in Southall, west London in 2010 Reported that he is being held at Dungavel Detention Centre in Lanarkshire Is now awaiting an immigration tribunal after an earlier case collapsed Moved to Britain from Somalia 23 years ago …

It was one of the most refreshing and reassuring weddings I attended for a long time, almost over a quarter of a century. Refreshing because since the grip of extremist trends of Ideologies that shun everything that appears, tastes and sounds genuine and indigenous in local cultures and replaces it with its narrow and sterile interpretation that deprives all kinds …