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Displaced by the New Year’s Day explosion and fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis that killed three people, members of the adjacent Dar Al-Hijrah mosque have spent the past week searching for a temporary home, so far without success.

Their building at 504 Cedar Av. S. survived the fire that destroyed the adjacent building, a street-level grocery store with apartments upstairs, but severe water damage left it unusable, perhaps for months, Abdisalam Adam, director at the

Dar Al-Hijrah Cultural Center, said Thursday.

About 300 people pray at the mosque, considered the state’s first Somali-American mosque.

Several churches stepped forward in the days after the explosion to offer temporary space to the mosque and its cultural programs; so far those churches are too far away or don’t have enough space.

Mosque officials said they will hold prayers Friday at the nearby Brian

Coyle Center of Pillsbury United Communities, a cultural hub of the neighborhood.

At least 14 people were injured in the fire, including several who jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape the blaze.

The cause remains under investigation, said Chuck Brynteson, Minneapolis Fire Department assistant chief.

A spokeswoman for CenterPoint Energy said last week that a preliminary analysis detected no

leaks in the utility’s gas network; she has since directed questions to the Fire Department.

A witness reported smelling gas before the explosion, Fire Chief John Fruetel said at a news conference just after the fire.

Other survivors, including two who spoke to the Star Tribune from their hospital beds, said they did not smell natural gas before the blast.

The bodies of two men who lived in the apartments above the Otanga

grocery were found in the rubble.

A third man died Jan. 3 of injuries sustained in the fire and explosion.

Mosque officials looked at one church, Trinity Lutheran Congregation on Riverside Avenue, and at space at nearby Augsburg College, Trinity pastor Jane Buckley-Farlee said.

“They are hoping to find a place close by where all of their programming could be in one location, but that might not be possible in...read more at page 03

Abdi Warsame ayaa shalay loo dhaariyay in uu ka mid noqdo xubin ka mid ah gudiga golaha magaalada Minneapolis. Wuxuu noqday ninkii ugu horeeyay ee Soomaali ah oo ku guuleysta loona dhaariyo xafiiskii

ugu sareeyay Mareykanka.

Abdi Warsame wuxuu dhaarta usoo qaatay shaal iyo koofi baraawe, taasoo uu ku muujinayay dhaqanka uu kasoo jeedo ee Soomaalida. Mar aan wax ka weydiiyay arintaas ayuu yiri “ waxaan rabaa in ay dhalinyarada ogaadaan iyaga oo wata dhaqankooda iyo diintooda haddana ay wax ka noqon karaan halkan.”

Waxaa kasoo qeyb galay madax badan oo Mareykan ah, culumo, aqoonyahano, arday iyo qeybaha kala duwan ee bulshada. Dadka

intooda badan waxay u yimaadeen oo ay ahaayeen taageerayaasha Abdi Warsame.

Soomaali badan ayaa kasoo qeyb gashay dhaarta taariikhiga ah. Waxaa lasoo buux dhaafiyay goobtii ay dhaarta ka dhacaysay waqti ay hawada ahayd -44, televisionada iyo raadiyeyaashana ay digniin badan ka baxaysay. Waxaa kale oo lala dhaariyay Abdi Warsame, duqda magaalada Minneapolis Betsy Hodges iyo lix qof oo kale oo loo soo doortay in ay xubin ka noqdaan...bogga 03

Mohamud Noor and Rep. Phyllis Kahn will be competing for Minnesota House Seat 60B in November. The similarities end there.

The two are different candidates in all other aspects. Kahn, 76, is a veteran of Minnesota politics with more than 40 years of experience. She has beaten other challengers in the past. She won 77 percent of the votes in the last election.

Noor, 36, has held various government jobs, including an information-management position with the state of

Minnesota. He is required by federal statue to resign from his state job after announcing his intentions for partisan office. He is the current interim executive director of the Confederation of Somali Community. Noor ran for the Senate in the same district and narrowly lost. He has been recently appointed to fill the school-board vacancy caused by an unexpected death of Hussein Samatar. The challenges each must overcome to prevail in November are immense — and differ as much as their backgrounds...page 11

Prof. Abdiweli Gaas oo loo doortay madaxweynaha Puntland.

Within a year, I lost my eyesight. It was tough and difficult to accept at first; it was

very hard for me to cope with the loss.

“With our kind of autism, you can’t miss it with a 10-foot pole. Anyone can diagnosis

it” in Somali children.”

Xaflad lagu taageerayay ra’iisul wasaaraha cusub ee Soomaaliya, Cabdiweli Shiikh

Axmed

puntLand dark autismtaageerid

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minneapoLis mosque damaged in cedar-riverside fire seeks a home

dhaar taariikhi ah oo ka dhacday magaaLada minneapoLis

minnesota house seat 60B is no minneapoLis city counciL ward 6

By: MATT MCKINNEY , Star Tribune

Qoray: IlYAS MAow, Mogadishu Times By: JAMAl ABdulAhI, MinnPost

warBiXin La huBo!

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Waxaa kale oo lala dhaariyay Abdi Warsame, duqda magaalada Minneapolis Betsy Hodges iyo lix qof oo kale oo loo soo doortay in ay xubin ka noqdaan gudiga golaha Minneapolis. Xaflada dhaarta waxay ku dhacday jawi fiican. Waxaa goobta dhambaal tacsi ah looga diray dadkii ay eheladoodu uga dhinteen ama uga dhaawacmeen dabkii ka dhacay xaafada Cedar oo ah meeshii laga soo doortay Abdi Warsame. Gabayo Ingiriis ah oo lagu dhiira gelinayay mas’uuliyiinta cusub ayaa goobta laga tiriyay.

Markii ay dhaarta dhamaatay waxaa markiiba u bilawday shaqada. Waxaa la doortay madaxweynaha golaha iyo ku xigeenkiisa.

Abdi Warsame wuxuu gudoomiye u yahay gudiga canshuuraha ee golaha. Wuxuu kaloo uu xubin firfircoon ka yahay gudiyo badan oo muhiim ah.

dhaar ta-ariikhi ah oo ka dhacday magaaLada minneapoLisfrom page 1

The district includes Cedar Riverside, parts of southeast and northeast, as well as the University of Minnesota main campus. The core constituencies are seniors, Somalis and students, in no particular order.

Phyllis Kahn established a reputation as an avid supporter of the arts and has a reformist mindset toward the gambling industry as a legislator.

She played a leading role in the Legacy Amendment, which included allocating part of the state sales tax to fund arts, heritage and preservation projects. She was been a leading voice in the debate to put a casino at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

The core consTiTuenciesAlthough these are important issues for the state, neither of them directly addresses core constituencies’

priorities. The core constituencies have different priorities among themselves.

A chief complaint among students at the University of Minnesota has been rising tuition cost. It was a problem when I was student, and it continues to be one. The campus community is on edge over increasing security incidents. Kahn has presented no specific plan in her role as legislator to address student priorities.

Seniors in the district struggle with housing. For example, Somali senior citizens in Cedar Riverside receive rental support from the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. They have been complaining about a pesky policy that prevents them from having an extended leave to visit their relatives in Africa. Rep. Karen Clark from neighboring district in the south was making inquiries on their behalf, not Phyllis Kahn, in the 2013 session.

Kahn had been absent in the other two critical issues of K-12 education and health care for the Somali community. When a group of Somali community leaders came to the Capitol with secondary-education concerns during the 2013 session, Rep. Jim Davnie from another neighboring district in the south led the charge to expand Collaborative Urban Education Program (CUE) to

train Somali- speaking teachers, not Phyllis Kahn. Rep. Diane Loeffler from a neighboring district in the north had been more engaged in efforts to promote adult mental health and children’s autism as part of larger effort to build a healthier community.

Kahn points to unparalleled seniority and early support of Abdi Warsame for Minneapolis City Council but recent legislative deliverables of the role speak louder and clearer to constituencies than political mechanics.

noor’s challengesNoor has challenges of his own despite great turnout from the Somali community at the announcing event. Harvesting sufficient votes, organizational challenges and resources top the list.

First and foremost, Minnesota House Seat 60B is no Minneapolis City Council Ward 6, where a concentrated Somali vote made an enormous difference in Warsame’s victory over an incumbent who held the seat 12 years. Noor must appeal to the majority community en masse or stitch together a coalition to make up for the difference.

Noor a l so mus t overcome organizational challenges. There are less than 60 days before precinct

caucuses and there is no visible organizational infrastructure to get delegates to the convention and perhaps effectively end the race.

Some of Noor’s ardent supporters from the last campaign have not come out in support, suggesting a lack of enthusiasm in the current campaign. It remains to be seen how some of the unions — such as MAPE that represents state employees, the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and other core DFL groups like Take Action — deploy their resources.

Mohamud Noor has been unfairly attacked by critics for advocating against the amendment to ban same-gender marriage in Minnesota. Critics have lit-dropped at mosques during Friday prayers attacking him. Facebook battles have been raging

since speculation of his running started. Noor has yet to provide a clear response to these critics.Battle could go beyond conventionOthers in DFL circles are hesitant and probably won’t pledge support until the endorsement convention because of concerns over his decision to pursue the vacant school-board seat. The concern here is lack of milestone-driven strategy.

The battle between Mohamud Noor and Phyllis Kahn could go beyond the endorsement convention. It could be a drawn-out fight with or without an endorsement.

Ultimately one of them will prevail. Mohamud Noor prevailing would add momentum to the rising political stock of the Somali community, while Phyllis Kahn prevailing would dash the feeling in the Somali community of being in the zone.

Jamal Abdulahi is a state director with

Minnesota’s democratic Farmer-labor

Party (dFl) and chairs the Somali

Caucus of the dFl. he is currently

a policy fellow at the humphrey

School of Public Affairs, university

of Minnesota. he focuses on political

development of New Americans. he

can be reached at Abdu0037@umn.

edu. he can also be followed @fuguni.

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Rep. Phyllis Kahn

Jamal Abdulahi

how minneapoLis’ somaLi immigrants are keeping their artistic traditions aLiveBy: AlEXANdrA N. KATZ, MinnPost

The Somal i communi ty in Minneapolis experienced a lot of firsts in 2013. Abdi Warsame was

elected to the City Council and took office in December. Barkhad Abdi earned Oscar buzz, in his inaugural acting and film role as a pirate in “Captain Phillips,” for going head to head with Tom Hanks. And Osman Ali founded the first Somali art museum in North America in the Plaza Verde building at 1516 E. Lake Street.

The Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum is a 700-piece collection amassed by Ali, who owns Sanaag Coffee and Restaurant and is a Somali community leader. The collection encompasses a wide range of objects that document Somalia’s traditional nomadic way of life: camel bells and woven milk “jars,” drums and clothing, jewelry and spears, vessels and prayer mats.

Mogadishu was formerly home to the world’s only Somali cultural museum. But over the past two decades, the museum’s contents have been scattered across the world. While the nation has been engaged in civil war, with many formerly nomadic citizens moving into the cities or living in diaspora, immigrants like Ali have worried that many traditional art forms have been destroyed or vanished.

Ali started compiling the artifacts four years ago after re-visiting his native country. His collection, he says, is a platform through which Somali immigrants “can educate younger generations that don’t

know about their culture of origin.” In addition, the museum gives Minneapolis’ large Somali immigrant community — some estimates put the population at more than 75,000 — a viable presence and a voice.

The museum is also a portal through which Ali can expose Minnesotans to the cultural and social relevance of Somali art and artifacts, and explore and teach Somali traditions — whether or not visitors are of African heritage. And the museum doesn’t exist within a vacuum. The growing Somali immigrant community has transformed the Twin Cities into an area rich with 3,500 Somali-owned businesses, which offer traditions from authentic cuisine to the ancient, artistic form of expression known as henna. For Somali artists, Ali says, the desire to create “runs in the blood.”

Preserving a disaPPearing culTureSince gaining independence from Great Britain in 1960, Somalia has been attempting to unify its five sections as represented on its flag by a five-pointed star. After civil war broke out in 1991, about 30,000 Somalis fled to the United States. One third of that population currently resides in Minnesota. In the past two decades, according to the 2011 U.S. Census, the community has doubled in size.

Only by chance did Ali and his collection end up in the land of 10,000 lakes. Born in Somalia, Ali moved with his family to Yemen while he was young. As an adult, he returned to Somalia, but eventually settled in the United Arab Emirates. After spending seven years in Dubai, he received a visa by lottery. With his wife and five children, Ali moved to New York. They later joined family members in Houston, but then decided

to settle in Minneapolis.

“Here is the right place,” Ali says, beaming, as he stands in the doorway of his museum. Minneapolis’ strong Somali community provided his family with an instant sense of belonging. In 2009, Ali returned to Somalia for the first time since leaving and gained a new perspective on the everyday objects of the country’s nomadic people.

He noticed more people were migrating to modern metropolises and enjoying the conveniences of city living. Consequently, the creation of their traditional art and artifacts was declining. Ali began collecting anything he could get his hands on, in an effort to sustain remnants of the quickly disappearing culture.

The desire to collect and preserve aspects of his culture “is something in my blood,” he says. “I see that the

art is something that the ancestors used as a way to survive, the art gave them life. You get proud of the art. If you collect it, you keep this history for life.”

For Ali, maintaining Somalia’s ancestral traditions is in itself a form of art. “I am an artist also,” he says, with the museum as his crowning achievement.

a living arTAmong Somalia’s artistic traditions

are storytelling (which revolves around music and poetry), weaving, pottery and woodcarving. Many of these arts, and their artifacts, are represented in the Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum. One art that isn’t in the museum, but can be found in Minneapolis’ “Somali malls,” is henna. While more than 100 Somali henna artists call Minnesota home, none may be as well known, or as sought after, as Sabrina Seyf.

Visiting Suugda Karmel on 29th and Pillsbury, Minneapolis’ largest Somali mall, is like stepping into a Mogadishu street market. Long narrow hallways are lined with clothing shops and cafés. Stall number 110 is draped, floor to ceiling, in jewel-toned kaftans. The dresses’ crystal-encrusted necklines gleam against the black-painted walls. Behind those walls is the henna studio.

Laughter billows from the tiny space as women chatter and wave arms freshly painted with ornate patterns. “Drying is the worst part,” says Hani Farah, a bride-to-be who drove 10 hours for Seyf’s distinctive pictorialization. Seyf’s intricate designs — which feature tiny flowers, circles, and dots — are coveted for their drama and elegance.

Seyf, who is 22, has already developed a cult-like following. Devotees fly in from as far away as Atlanta to

get tattooed for their wedding days. While henna is traditionally for brides, and done at women’s parties, henna fanatics find any excuse to have Seyf embellish their bodies with her creations.

A fourth-generation henna artist, Seyf was born and raised in Minneapolis. She grew up watching her grandmother and mother henna their clients in the family home. Seven years ago, the women realized their clientele had grown too large to accommodate at home. So they opened the studio in Suugda Karmel and Seyf tattooed her first Somali bride.

“When it comes to other arts, I can’t draw at all,” she says. “But with henna, the designs just come to me. I consider myself an artist.”

Henna is a 5,000-year-old tradition rooted in India, Africa and the Middle East. The crushed leaves of the henna plant are mixed with water to form an amber-brown or black paste. After the mixture reaches a toothpaste-like consistency, Seyf puts the paste into a cone-shaped bag with a slender opening, squeezes the bag, and draws her designs. After drying for 30 minutes, the hardened paste is scraped off, leaving a design that can last for two weeks.

“Henna is the Somali version of a manicure and pedicure,” Seyf says, laughing. “We get it done all the time.” Somali women stick to feet, hands and arms. But non-Somali women are also embracing henna, and during the summer months ask for designs that may appear on their legs or backs. Seyf attributes the increase in non-Somali clients to their interest in the culture, but her reputation and style are her own doing.Pride and preservation

Like Ali, Seyf takes tremendous pride in the traditional arts of Somalia and sustaining their existence for future generations. Plans are already in place for Ali to expand his museum, in order to include a life-size replica of a nomadic hut. Soon, he and co-founder Sarah Larsson will offer classes in Somali poetry, weaving, dancing and language. Seyf is a new mother and looking forward to training her daughter as a fifth-generation henna artist.

By keeping their artistic traditions alive, Ali, Seyf and other Somalis are creating new lives in the Twin Cities while benefiting and enriching the lives of others, and our whole community.

Alexandra N. Katz is a Twin Cities-

based freelance writer.

Henna artist Sabrina Seyf at work inSuugda Karmel.

Courtesy of the Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum

Seyf’s intricate designs — which feature tiny flowers, circles, and dots — are coveted for their drama and elegance.

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Baarlamaanka dowlad goboleedka Puntland ayaa maanta madaxweyne u doortay Ra’iisal Wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya Prof. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. Waxaa loo doortay in uu shanta sano ee soo socota madaxweyne u noqdo maamulka Puntland.

Abdiweli wuxuu qeybtii seddexaad ee cod-bixinta ka guuleystay madaxweynihii Puntland Abdiraxman Mohamed Mohamud Faroole. Wuxuu Abdiweli helay 33 halka madaxweyne Faroolana uu helay 32. Qeybtii koowaad ee cod-bixinta

iyo tii labaadba waxay u ekeyd in uu guuleystay Faroole. Qeytii koowaad wuxuu Faroole helay 27 halka Abdiwelina uu helay 13. Qeybtii labaad Faroole waxaa u codeysay 31 xildhibaan halka abdiwelina ay u codeysay 18. Markii ay dhamaatay labadii qeyb ee ugu horeysay ee codeynta, taageerayaasha Faroole waxay bilaabeen in ay dabaaldegaan laakiin talo waxay gacanta ka baxday markii la isugu yimid qeybtii 3aad. Abdiweli ayaa qeybta 3aad helay 15 cod oo dheeri ah halka uu Faroolana helay 1 cod oo kaliya.

Madaxweyne Faroole waa aqbalay natiijada cod-bixinta wuxuuna u mahadceliyay dadkii taageeray. Abdiwelina wuxuu u mahadceliyay dadkii taageeray iyo kuwii kasoo horjeedayba. Wuxuu balanqaaday in uu u sinaan doono dadkoo dhan.

M a d a x w e y n a h a S o o m a a l i y a Xasan Sh. Mohamud iyo Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Abdiweli Sh. Ahmed ayaa hambalyo u diray madaxweynaha cusub ee Puntland Abdiweli Mohamed Ali.

Xaflad lagu taageerayay ra’iisul wasaaraha cusub ee Soomaaliya, Cabdiweli Shiikh Axmed oo ay ka qayb galeen shacab aad u fara badan ayaa lagu qabtay goobta Minneapolis Convention Center ee magaalada Minneapolis ee gobolka Minnesota.

Qudbado ay goobta ka jeediyeen madax kala duwan sida xildhibaan, Keith Ellison oo laga doorto gobolka Minnesota, duqda cusub ee Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges iyo Maxamuud Nuur oo ah wiil Soomaaliyeed oo loo doortay xubin guddiga waxbarashada Minnapolis una taagan doorashada baarlamaanka gobolka.

Guddoomiyaha guddiga qabanqaabada xafladda, Maxamuud Cabdiraxmaan

(beene-beene) ayaa ugu horreyn soo dhaweyn iyo mahadcelin ah u jeediyay dadwaynahii kasoo qaybgalay kulanka iyo waliba intii soo qaban-qaaabisay xafladda.

Xildhibaan Keith Ellison waxuu aad u soo dhaweeyay Ra’iisul wasaaraha cusub ee Soomaaliya, isagoo goobtaa ka akhriyay taariikhda C/weli Sheekh oo kooban sida waxbarshadiisa jaamacadeed iyo sidoo kale hay’adahii uu la soo shaqeeayay, wuxuuna sheegay in qofka aqoontaas leh uu yahay qofkii ay Soomaaliya u baahnayd.

“Waan iska rabaa farxadda iyo sacabka waayo kursiga duqa Minneapolis waxaan ku fadhiyaa illaa Ta l laadadi i dhaweyd” ayay

hadalkeeda ku bilowday duqa cusub ee magaalada Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges, iyadoo dowladda iyo ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya u rajeysay wanaag.

Dadkii Soomaaliyeed ee goobta ka hadlay waxaa ka mid ahayd Caasho Abuukar Qaasim una hadashay kaalinta haweenka, iyadoo mudane C/weli ka codsatay inuusan illoobin kaalintii dumarka.

Xafladda ayaa waxaa lagu soo bandhigay suugaan kala duwan sida heeso, gabayo iyo guurow; waxaana fanaaniitii heesaha soo bandhigay ka mid ahaa: Axmed Cali Cigaal, Cabdi Shire Jooqle, Bashiir Nagara, Xaaji, Sahro Cumar Dhuulle, Sahruuji, Qalanjo iyo abwaan Tallman.

A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country’s national library.

Dozens of displaced families had been sheltering inside the building which has been badly damaged by decades of conflict.

The project director, Zainab Hassan, told the BBC that thousands of students currently had no access to books.Work on the new complex is expected to be finished in six months’ time at a cost of $1m (£600,000).

The money is coming from the Somali

government as well as business people and civil society.

Already 20,000 books have been donated from the United States and around 60,000 are expected to come from Arab nations.

Ms Hassan said she hopes the library will teach people to love reading.

She admitted that a large proportion of Somalia’s culture and history is oral and has not been documented. “The building should restore Somalia’s history for future generations,” she said, adding that there was a need for

knowledge among Somalis.

Al-Shabab militants have been driven out of Somalia’s major towns, such as Mogadishu and the port of Kismayo, by a UN-mandated African Union force of some 18,000 soldiers.

Since then, many Somalis living in the diaspora have returned to help in the reconstruction of Mogadishu.

However the militants have carried out intermittent attacks and suicide bombings on the capital in recent months and still control large parts of southern Somalia.

prof. aBdiweLi gaas oo Loo doortay madaXwey-naha puntLand

ra’iisuL wasaaraha soomaaLiya oo Laga taag-eeray minnesota

somaLia to reBuiLd nationaL LiBrary

Qoray: IlYAS MAow, Mogadishu Times Qoray: SIYAAd SICIId SAAlAX, SomTV

BBC Africa

Inkasta oo dadka inta badan mudo dheer ku taamaayeen dib u soo celinta sharaftii wadankeena iyo dadkiisa ee uu dagaalkii sokeeye saameeyay, haseyeeshee yaa is oranaayey, Muqdisho, caasimadii Soomaaliya in ay mudo gaaban ka mid noqoto magaalooyinka aduunka ugu tayo iyo tiroba kobcinta badanaa sanadahaan.

Waxaase hadda soo ifbaxaysa in Qurbojoogtii uu dagaalkii sokeeye ka barakiciyey dalkooda hooyo, iyaga oo isku duuban in ay hormood ka yihiin dhismaha wadanka. Qurbojoogta Soomaaliyeed oo ka kala yimid qaaradaha aduunka: Africa,

America, Asia, Australia iyo Europe, waxay la yimaadeen aqoon, waayo aragnimo iyo hanti ay kala dhaxleen wadamadii ay ku noolaayeen. Dhamaantood hadafkoodu waa sidii ay dalkooda u dhisi lahaayeen, iyaga oo adeegsanaaya aqoontooda, ama isticmaalaaya waayo arangnimadooda ama u quuray in ay hantidooda geliyaan wadankooda “Maandeeq”.

Soomaaliya, Maashaa ALLAH, horay ayey u socotaa, waxaase Qurbojoogta Soomaaliyeed looga baahan yahay in ay keenaan “genuine reconciliation”- dhib u heshiisiin dhab ah. Qurbojoogta Soomaaliyeed

meelkasta oo ay joogaan, gaar ahaan Qurbojoogta magaalada Minneapolis, ee gobolka Minnesota, oo ah halka Qurbojoogta Soomaaliyeed ay sida aadka ah uga dhex muuqdaan, waxaa la gudboon in ay hormood ka noqdaan sida dadka Soomaaliyeed loo dhexdhigi lahaa dib u heshiis dhaba – taas oo soo celin karta berisamaadkii ku dhisnaa Walaaltinimada Diineed iyo Soomaalinimo oo ay wax kasta ku salaysnaayeen: SOOMAALINIMO. soo celin karta berisamaadkii ku dhisnaa walaaltinimada Diineed iyo Soomaalinimo oo ay wax kasta ku salaysnaayeen: SOOMAALINIMO.

qurBojoogta soomaaLiyeed: oo safka hore uga jira diB u dhiska nidaamka dowLiga iyo kan dhaqaaLe ee soomaaLiya.Qoray: MohAMEd BArrE – JuNlAY “BuluF”

jaaLiyadda soomaaLiyeed ee south sudan oo taageertay dadaaLada dowLadda soomaa-Liya ay ku daad gureyneyso dadka dagaaLada ku go’doomay.Xafiiska Qeybta warbaahinta iyo Xiriirka Bulshada ee wasaa-radda Section of Press and Public relations

Jaaliyadda Soomaaliyeed ee South Sudan oo ay ka qeyb yihiin guddiga ganacsatada Soomaaliyeed ee South Sudan ayaa maanta kulan ku yeeshay Xarunta Shirarka ee dhismaha Safaaradda , halkaasoo ay ku

muujiyeen taageerada iyo yididiilada ay u hayaan dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya.

Hassan Dhaqane Omar Gudoomiye kuxigeenka Guddiga ganacsatada

Soomaaliyeed ee South Sudan oo hadal ka jeediyay furitaanka shirka ayaa waxa uu yiri , “waxaan nahay ummad magac leh , wadan leh , astaan leh , laga yaqaan caalamka , loo yaqaan magaca Soomaaliya, Allah magacaas noo yeelay ayaa

mahad leh , kadib Ambassador Abdirahman Nur Mohamed” Dinari” , oo ah Safiirka dowladda FS ee South Sudan oo u howlgalay badbaadinta iyo daad gureynta dadka ku go’doomay dagaalada , si qurux badan ayey dowladda dadkeeda ugu gurmatay,safaaraduna si wacan ayey u agaasintay”.

Ganacsade Hassan Dhaqane ayaa waxa uu intaa raaciyay in Soomaalidu ay ku kala nool yihiin gobol waliba oo South sudan ka tirsan , Safaaraduna ay hooy siisay muddo kooban dadkii dagaalada ka soo cararay inta aaney diyaaradda koowaad imaan caasimadda Juba, “ qof waliba oo Soomaali ah oo South sudan ku nool wuxuu ogsoon yahay , kuna dhaaranayaa Allah kadib inuu leeyahay dowlad iyo dal magaciisu yahay Soomaali ,kana

damqanaya dhib kasta oo uu la kulmo, waxaan ku boorinayaa muwaadiniita Soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay joogaan inay taageeraan dowladooda iyo dalkooda”.

Hassan Dhaqane Omar ayaa waxa uu yiri“ Dadka Soomaaliyeed ee dib loogu celiyay Muqdisho , waxa ay noo sheegeen in la dejiyay hoteello ,kadibna loo kala ambabixiyay deegaanada iyo gobolada ay kala degan yihiin, iyagoo gacanta ku sita Tikidh diyaarad iyo masaarif lacag ah oo biil ahaan ugu filin muddo gaaban”.

Safaaradda Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ee Caasimadda Juba- South Sudan ayaa ku qiyaastay tirada dadka Soomaaliyeed ee ku nool South Sudan ku dhawaad 10,000 ruux oo u kala qeybsan

ganacsato,shaqaale,arday iyo qoysas Soomaaliyeed oo deegaansaday gobolada iyo degmooyinka kala duwan ee dalka South Sudan.

Waxaa kale oo madashaasi ka kala hadlay ganacsatada kala ah Abdihakim Moalim Ahmed Malin oo ah Xoghayaha guud ee guddiga ganacsatada (SOBAS) ,Bashir Farah Jama , Khadar Mohamud Ali iyo Mohamed Hassan Mohamed oo u mahad celiyay Madaxtooyada qaranka, Xafiiska gudoonka Baarlamaanka, Xafiiska Ra’iisul wasaaraha , Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda iyo Safaaradda J a m h u u r i y a d d a F e d e r a a l k a Soomaaliya ee Caasimadda Juba- South Sudan kaalinta balaaran ee ay ka qaateen daabulidda dadkii ku go’doomay dagaalada ka soconaya qeybo ka mid ah South Sudan.

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The African Development Center has announced it will be filling the significant void left by the death of founder Hussein Samatar last year.

It has named Nasibu Sareva its new executive director. A longtime member of the center’s management team, Sareva was appointed interim executive director fol lowing Samatar’s death from leukemia in August. He had been the center’s chief financial officer and head of its business development department, one of the most active in the state.

The African Development Center occupies a unique spot among economic development organizations. Its mission is to help businesses grow, build wealth and increase reinvestment in African communities across Minnesota.

Samatar’s American success story also is legend. As part of the first wave of Somali refugees in

The phenomenal growth of Somali businesses in Kenya’s commercial towns and urban centres is an envy to any would-be entrepreneur or business person.

From the often frequented restaurants in Nairobi’s Central Business District to well-stocked boutiques their business models have created a massive economic touch, which cannot be overlooked.

Behind this upward curve though is a business based on trust, a character trait that has remained elusive in many conventional entrepreneurs, who find it hard to trust their wealth with others, however creative their ideas may be.

Trust, in a good number of the Somali community resonates loudly in respect to raising enough capital among family members and close friends for a profitable venture as well as one that creates an even economic impact in the entire society.

Takaful Insurance Managing Director Hassan Bashir agrees that trust in the community has played an incredible role in fuelling success in their business growth.

“Ours is a business model that is based on trust as shown by the community. Such ventures thrive since it’s founded on the human spirit,” he argues. The human spirit, he reckons, is one where both the seller and buyer trust that the product

is certified and is of good quality. This is not the practice where Nairobi residents and visitors at times buy donkey meat, instead of beef.

Bashir, who is also the chairman to the board of the recently launched Crescent Takaful Sacco, noted that human relationship is largely driven by trust and this is the key concept they hope to build on to grow strong businesses culture.

“I will deal with an individual due to the trust I have and one equally transacts a business with the person he trusts,” he noted. As a pastoralist community, he says, the Somali has a practice where they give some members a cow in the hope that they will return it. “This is where our trust to transfer capital from one trustworthy individual has been inherited from.”

Being a resilient people, Somalis have prospered because they are willing to take risks and accept smaller profits, which is another factor that has seen their business thrive. Abdullahi Dahir, the director at the Imara Daima Gardens, explains that when it comes to trade, “everyone wants to be very competitive in terms of the pricing factor, so it’s the margin that people are looking for.

While other traders are looking for a higher margin, a Somali trader is looking for a lower margin. They’re looking at the turnover.” Dealing in trust is the foundation of reputation

– and a critical area in which the business differentiates itself from the competition. As such, “Protecting, deepening and delivering trust through good governance is at the core of this thriving community business strategy,” says Dahir.

Since perceptions about what constitutes a conflict of interest might vary across regions, Somali traders are able to identify any conflicts, potential or real, that could jeopardise their business.

Dahir also agrees that the element of trust is common and strong within the community, a factor that has seen business flourish.

He says the partnership is a progressive mind able to bring their ideas together to achieve that phenomenal investment. Dahir, upon his arrival from South Africa for example got together with his close family members and pooled resources to construct the estate.“Inasmuch as they trust me, I also trust them and that is how business grows,” he states.

However, Bashir admitted that in the recent past, incidences of misusing money sent from the Diaspora has made them think of creating institutions so that that trust is founded on it.

“What we are doing is to build an institutional foundation to support that trust,” he said. The community

immigration Beat: african deveLop-ment center names new director

trust: the driving force Behind many somaLi traders’ success

By: MArK BruNSwICK , Star Tribune

Qoray: wINSlEY MASESE, Standard digital

Minnesota, he learned English with the help of a Minneapolis librarian and eventually earned a master’s in business administration from the University of St. Thomas. As a member of the Minneapolis school board, he was the first person of Somali descent to be elected to public office in Minnesota and possibly in the United States.

Through training, workshops and loans, the center’s goal is to link the African immigrant community to regional and mainstream economies.

In 2013, the center provided small business loans to nearly 20 businesses in the African community. A third of those were start-up projects.

Total loans surpassed $1 million, more than triple the level lent in 2012. Additionally, more than $1 million in equity was invested, and those projects resulted in retaining more than 50 jobs and creating almost 120 new jobs, the center said. Default rates on the loans remained well below industry standards.

A native of Tanzania, Sareva holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the International Islamic University in Malaysia and an MBA in accounting from Lincoln University in Missouri.

Matthew Holm has been named deputy executive director.

has created financial institutions, which aim to pool the resources together to fund key projects.

Trade Pillars

The institutions, which are Sharia compliant, largely focus on assisting an individual to get out of some financial rut, such as to pay school fees or hospital bills, without any interest.

The launch of the Crescent Takaful Sacco is part of that process to institutionalise trust. Consequently, the ideal of transferring capital from one individual to another is dominated by this character trait. Bashir said: “This is how to make the best of trust by ensuring the money sent from the Diaspora is protected,” he said.

It’s true that a good number of the community members in the Diaspora send a sizeable amount of money to their beloved ones, a key seed capital that has helped propel success of this conservative community. However, other Kenyan community members who equally are based in different

parts of the world such as the US, UK, and Canada have not been able to amass such capital towards a given venture apparently because of the lack of trust or suspicion when it comes to pooling resources together. In their place is an element of mistrust where doubts raised on who benefits from the dollars sent.

“It’s a common story you hear that so and so cannot receive a call from the Diaspora, in the presence of a close relative. In most cases, inflow of Diaspora cash tend to divide the family instead of uniting them,” explained Njoroge Kamau who has a number of family members living abroad. For Dahir, there are checks and balances such as getting an auditor to look at the books and a clear mode of payment.

As the community moves to put in place these mechanisms to strengthen their business dominance, Dahir reckons that the next hurdle is to create financially stable institutions to service the business.

“Sacco are key sources of income to spur economic growth by financing

capital intensive projects and has the potential of formalising the community’s businesses into Kenya’s mainstream business,” noted Bashir.

Research on on-going project on Eastleigh by the Oxford Diasporas Programme points out that business success of places like Eastleigh is testament to the ability of people to mobilise alternative sources of funds and play crucial role in overall economic development of a region.

The research by Neil Carrier and Emma Lochery states: “Business people’s capital, augmented by funds from a widely scattered diaspora has been invested along multiple routes strung together by kinship, friendship, and religious solidarity.”

Staying together for years to create a business empire without any break up is a rare gem in majority of business partnerships and the Somali community offers vital lessons, albeit in a small way.

Buying a home may be the greatest investment you will ever make, but for someone new to the country, it may also be the most daunting.The African Development Center offers first-time homebuyer workshops that have been adapted to the cultural needs of our community - with success rates nearly triple that of the national average!!

These classes are offered once a month at the ADC Main Office, and every other month in various locations throughout Greater Minnesota. Visit our Housing webpage, and sign up for this Saturday’s class (February 1st) to learn about everything from the home search process to finding down-payment assistance resources.

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Tusmo Times’ Chief Editor and Staff congratulates ADC’s Board of Directors by naming

Nasibu Sareva as the new African Development Center

Executive Director.

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Hashim Yonis has been to a lot of funerals lately. The most recent was for his friend Fuad Ali, a 31-year-old Somali-American businessman who was shot dead in Minneapolis last week.

It was Ali’s killing that drew Yonis and a somber crowd of nearly two dozen Somali men and woman and members of local law enforcement to the Safari Events Center near East Lake Street Friday night. Ali had been buried earlier that day and the crowd was thin at the usually bustling event hall. But a handful of community members — mostly young — showed up to grill law enforcement about a spike in bloodshed in their community.

Ali’s slaying comes after three young Somali men were shot and killed this summer — two in Minneapolis and one in Burnsville — in incidents many in the community believe were gang

related. In another case in October, an elderly man was convicted of beating to death a fellow Somali man in his apartment, but no arrests have been in any of the shootings, police spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington said.

It’s been five years since a similar string of gang-related killings in Minneapolis led to a groundbreaking meeting with the Somali community and the Minneapolis pol ice department. Now again, community members say they are afraid to go outside of their homes for fear of getting caught in the middle of gang activity. Other slayings have seemed more random.“That could have been me,” Yonis said. “I’m really sick and tired of going to burial sites and burying my friends. I knew almost all of them very well.”

‘Truly a good man’Ali’s murder hit the community

particularly hard.

He was a father of two — with one more on the way — and owned two event centers in the city. He attended the University of Minnesota and was cherished by the arts community, which used his center for performances. Police are following several leads in the case, Barrington said, but there have been no arrests.

“He was a true, good American who immigrated here and started his own business. He was a hard worker,” said Basim Sabri, the largest immigrant landlord in the state. Ali was a tenant.

In an unprecedented move in the Somali community, Sabri is offering a $15,000 reward for information that could lead to the capture of Ali’s murderer and $15,000 more if there’s a conviction. He’s willing to spend more if that’s what it takes to catch his shooter.

“You know how people say nice things about people just because they have died, well that’s not the case here,” Sabri said. “He was truly a good man.”

seeking answersThose gathered at the event center asked police if any of the shootings were close to being solved. Yonis asked if there was a better way to release information about murder investigations. Some members of the crowd even asked if the police could share the names of suspected gang members in their own community.

“I want the police to be knocking on doors and turning over beds to catch these guys,” said Shurkri Hassan, who moved from Minneapolis to Columbia Heights because of the violence. Hassan said the community has held dozens of similar meetings, but the violence continues. “When will I hear that my brother is the

one who was shot, or my son, who is growing up? That is what I fear.”

The police had frustrations, too. In many cases, members of the Somali community were too afraid of retaliation to come forward with information to help solve the murders.

“One woman told me she was more afraid of what her community would to do her than she was afraid of the government,” homicide investigator Charlie Adams said. “We can’t do it all by ourself. We need your help.”

Law enforcement officials said they were making strides in working with the Somali community. The department hired Mohamed Abdullahi and Abdiwahab Ali — the first Somali officers in the state — to patrol the densely Somali-populated Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

“I like how you are challenging us,”

Abdullahi told the crowd. “I’m a Somali person first. I’m a part of this community too.”

Police also had some good news: There are new leads on two of the murders. That was the first update many in the community had heard in months, and it sparked a dialogue on what they could do to help the police solve these crimes.

Somali activists now plan to meet with law enforcement officials monthly, and they are trying to organize a community response team to help police solve cases.

“I think I can see a light through the tunnel,” Yonis said. “For the first time in months, I think I can see that.”

Mayorada cusub ee magaalada Minneapolis Betsy Hodges ayaa nin Soomaali ah oo lagu magacaabo Abdirahman Muse u magacawday in uu u noqdo Senior Policy Aide. Abdirahman wuxuu noqonayaa ninkii ugu horeeyay oo Soomaali ah oo aanan la dooran oo magaalada Minneapolis ka qabta xilkii ugu sareeyay.

Abdirahman wuxuu waqti dheer u shaqeynayay Service Employees International Union oo ka mid ah ururada ugu waa weyn ee u dooda shaqaalaha dan-yarta ah. Ururkan wuxuu qeyb libaax ka qaatey in ay Betsy Hodges ku guuleysato duqa magaalada Minneapolis.

Ibrahim Nur oo ah sarkaal ka tirsan Service Employees International

Union, waqti dheerna lasoo shaqeeyay Abdirahman ayaan wax ka weydiiyay xilkan loo magacaabay Abdirahman wuxuuna ku jawaabay “aad ayaan ugu faraxsanahay in xilkan loo magacaabo Abdirahman. Wuxuu leeyahay oo aan ku aqaanaa kartidi, aqoonti iyo waaya aragnimadii uu shaqadan uga soo bixi lahaa.

Wuxuu si aanan qarsoodi lahayn ugu dagaalamaa shaqaalaha dan-yarta ah oo ay ka mid yihiin Soomaalida, waana shaqsi ay ku weyn tahay Soomaalinimada. Ma arko shaqsi uga haboonaan lahaa xilkan, aad ayaana ugu faraxsanahay, waana arin uu ku farxo qof walba oo shaqaalo ka ah gobolkan.”

W u x u u k a l o o A b d i r a h m a n qeyb libaax ka qaatay dagaalkii

loogu jiray in aanan la xirin xawaaladaha Soomaalida. Wuxuu ururkiisa ka dhaadhiciyay in ay ku mudaaharaadaan bangiyada diiday in ay lacagta diraan sida Wells Fargo.

Dad badan oo ururka member ka ah ayaa xiray accounadii ay ku lahaayeen bangiga.

Abdirahman wuxuu shaqada bilaabayaa dhamaadka bisha aan hadda ku jirno ee January.

kiLLings prompt questions and worries in somaLi community

duqa magaaLada minneapoLis oo XiL sare u magacawday nin soomaaLi ah

By: BrIANA BIErSChBACh, MinnPost

By: IlYAS MAow, Mogadishu Times

Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Abdullahi: “I’m a Somali person first. I’m a part of this community too.”

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Magaalada Minneapolis ee gobolka Minnesota waxaa ka billowday tabbabar lagu xulayo xulka kubaddakolayga ee Soomaaliya uga qaybgalaya ciyaaraha Bariga Africa ee sannadka 2014-ka ka dhacaya magaalada Kambala ee dalka Uganda.

Dhallinyarada tartamaysa ayaa ka yimid gobolladda dalkan Maraykanka iyo dalka dariska la ah ee Canada, waxaa ka muuqatay farxad iyo farsamo isboorti oo ay soo bandhigeen.

Guddoomiye ku xigeenka saddexaad ee xiriirka kubadda Kolayga Somalia, Gani Xasan Nuur oo la hadashay HOL ayaa sheegtay inay ciyaartoyada ka

xulan doonaan gudaha Soomaaliya iyo qurbaha si loo helo ciyaartoy awood leh oo meteli kara xulka Qaranka dalkeenna Soomalaiya.

“Annagoo ogolaasho ka haysana madaxda xiriirka ayaan hawshan billownay ilala sanadkan bilowgiisii waxaana ku faraxsan nahay in intan oo dhallinyaro ah oo raba inay xulka waddankooda u ciyaaraan ay gobolka Minnesota isagu yimaadaan,” ayay tiri Gani Xasan.

Sidoo kale, Axmed Daahir oo ka mid ahaa ciyaartooydii hore ee dalka ayaa isna HOL u sheegay inuu ku faraxsan yahay inuu qayb ka ahaado qorshaha lagu xulayo xulka kubadda kolayga

Soomaaliya. waxuuna u rajeeyay guul xulka Qaranka Soomaaliyeed iyo tababbaroohada C/qadir Barajab.

Waxaa kaloo goobta xulashada ku sugnaa Cabdi Maxamed Ciye (Cabdi Dheere) oo ahaa tababbarahii kooxdii Jeenyo iyo xulka Qarankii xiliyadii sideeddanaadkii, isagoo HOL u sheegay in uga yimid hawshan dalka Canada gaar ahaan magaalada Toronto, uuna waday ilaa afar ciyaartoy wuxuuna u mahadceliyay bahda isboortiga ee Minnesota siday u soo dhaweeyeen afartii dhallinyarada ahayd ee uu keenay, kuwaasoo ka qaybgalaya tartanka lagu xulanayo ciyaartoyda kubadda koleyga Soomaaliya.

As part of its regional development program under the ‘Spread the football’ initiative the Somali Football federation (SFF) on Tuesday donated complete office equipment and different kinds of football materials to the recently-elected chairman of the southern Lower Jubba football committee Mr Burhan Mahmoud Hassan who is on an official working tour to the SFF heaqquarters for the first time after his election by the end of November last year.

A colourful ceremony which intended present the equipment to the regional football boss was held at Stadium Banadir on the eve of Jeenyo United-Horseed FC clash which ended in 4-2 in favour of Jeenyo On Tuesday.

“On the behalf of the football committee and the entire people in the southern Lower Jubba region I am very grateful to Somali Football

federation authorities for the generous donation and I testify that SFF was fully committed to promoting football both in our region and the entire country” Lower Jubba football committee chairman Mr Burhan

Mahmoud Hassan told the media during the equipment presentation ceremony on Tuesday.

“For the past several days I have had lengthy meetings with SFF executive committee members and I would like to tell with a loud voice that their generosity will not only be confined to the equipment we are receiving here today, but more other developmental steps will follow” the regional football committee boss told the ceremony.

Mr Burhan noted that with the help of Somali Football Federation, his committee will prioritise to work on a sudden recovery of football in the former Islamist stronghold region which is currently emerging from decades-long civil wars.

The president of Somali Football Federation Ali Said Guled Roble for his part said that the SFF was fully jubilant at the return of football influence into the region which was once well known for its great role in Somalia’s regional tournament just nearly 30 years ago.

“Lower Jubba region had played a key role in the promotion of the country’s football and in particularly the regional competitions, so glancing back to the past history we want you to be an icon of progress for the region and the SFF will always be along your side in all endeavours

toward football promotion” President Ali Said Guled Roble told the visiting regional football committee Boss Mr Burhan Mahmoud Hassan.

Meanwhile , Somali Footbal l Federation Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab emphasized that the generous donation was part of the SFF’s ‘spread the game’ initiative which is intended to get every Somali child involved in football as the country is now emerging from decades of lawlessness.

“One cannot develop something unless he or she has the proper office equipment and the other materials needed for accomplishing the day-to-day tasks and that is why the SFF was prioritising to equip the regional football committee offices” Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab said in a separate press statement on Tuesday.

“The equipment given to the regional football committee include: mini footballs and other materials which are important for the grassroots development program which will soon start in the city of Kismayo, the provincial capital of Lower Jubba region” Mr Abdi Qani Said Arab said in his statement.

The SFF Secretary General noted that the southern Lower Jubba region was an example for the rest regions in the country which are expected to follow by electing their local football committees.

“The election they made was a tangible move forward and in return for that the Somali Football Federation is fully committed to helping the elected regional authorities promote football in the whole region—We are once again urging other regions in the country to follow such good example” Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab explained in his press statement on Tuesday.

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somaLi fa equips regionaL footBaLL committee offices

Qoray: SIYAAd SICIId SAAlAX, SomTV

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Autism might not be any more prevalent among Somali-heritage children in Minneapolis than it is among white children in the city,

but the severity of the developmental disorder appears harsher in this minority group.

In a much-anticipated report released Monday, University of Minnesota researchers found statistically similar rates of autism symptoms among 7- to 9-year-olds in Minneapolis, regardless of whether they were Somali or white. But all of the

Somali-heritage children with autism also had related intellectual disorders — defined as scoring 70 or less on IQ tests — compared with a third of

autistic children in the study overall.

“Somali children are much more likely to also have an intellectual disability, which means their symptoms, their characteristics, the ways in which autism presents itself in these children are very different,” said Amy Hewitt, the lead author of the study and a senior research associate in the university’s Institute

on Community Integration.

Concerns about the prevalence of autism among Somali children surfaced among parents in 2008, and were validated in 2009 when a report from the Minnesota Department of Health found that Somali preschoolers were two to seven times more likely to receive autism services from the Minneapolis public school system.

The U study, released Monday, was an outgrowth of that Health Department report, and is the largest examination ever in the United States of autism prevalence among Somali immigrants’ children.

Rather than counting the number of children signed up for autism services, or even who have received a diagnosis of the developmental disorder, the researchers examined medical records from thousands of participating families and evaluated whether children met the medical criteria for autism — regardless of whether it had been diagnosed.

The net result was that one in 32 Somali children in the study met the diagnostic criteria for autism, compared with one in 36 white children. The rates were notably lower at one in 62 for non-Somali

black children in Minneapolis, and one in 80 for Hispanic children. The rates for the Somali and white children were higher than national averages as well.Somali autism advocate Idil Abdull said she felt emotionally overwhelmed when she learned of the study results, because they officially recognize a public health problem in her immigrant community that Somalis have long confronted on their own. Autism is marked by difficulties in communicating and forming relationships, as well as struggles with language and abstract concepts, which Abdull said is noticeable in a culturally verbose Somali community.

“Somalis are very talkative,” said Abdull, whose 11-year-old son is autistic, “and our children are not talking. That’s why we’ve advocated and cried and protested from every corner” that the disorder is more common among Somali children.

doesn’t address ‘why’While the study established a high rate of autism in Somali children, Hewitt said, it was not designed to address some of the pressing “why” questions — such as why autism rates vary so sharply among racial and ethnic groups. Nor did it

address some of the persistent fears in Minneapolis’ growing Somali immigrant community about the origins of autism in their children. Some in the community believed that autism was only a problem among children born in the United States, and not among Somali children who moved here with their parents. Hewitt said that wasn’t addressed by this study, but that researchers have birth record data to address that question next. The report also didn’t address fears among some in the community that pediatric vaccines were somehow to blame. The study did find that children of all races and ethnicities in Minnesota aren’t assessed for an autism diagnosis, on average, until they are 5. That is late considering that the disorder can reliably be detected by age 2.

a call for more researchMinnesota now needs to do more to research the causes of the disorder and to spread awareness so conditions are diagnosed and treated earlier, said Dr. Ed Ehlinger, state health commissioner.

“We know that they can develop coping mechanisms and they can develop skills,” he said. “Even though it won’t lessen the severity of their autism, they’ll find ways to

deal with it much better” if treatment starts earlier. Abdull, who serves on a federal autism advisory panel, said it is easy to spot the nonverbal Somali children who are at risk for autism. But for years, Somali families have felt ashamed by a disorder that is poorly understood. The Somali language doesn’t even have a word for autism, or really describe the nuances of mental disorders. As one anonymous parent said in the U study, “In our culture, you are either sane or you are crazy; there is no gray area. So there is a fear that someone will call your child a name behind your back.”

Abdull speaks openly about her son’s autism and about the educational software on an iPad that helps him learn and cope with the nonverbal nature of his disorder. She said she hopes that the U study will validate the problem for others and make them feel more comfortable about seeking screening and treatment services for their children.

“With our kind of autism, you can’t miss it with a 10-foot pole. Anyone can diagnosis it” in Somali children, she said. “A lot of these kids are smart. We just have to figure out a way to communicate with them and teach them by other means.”

autism hits somaLi kids harder, university of minnesota study finds

By: JErEMY olSoN , Star Tribune

With the help of an iPad, Abdullahi told his mom what he’d like for a quick snack before they had to leave for a therapy appointment. He’s largely nonverbal but can use a program loaded on the iPad to communicate.

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Momentum is building to get more low-income kids into quality day care and preschool. The state’s fledgling early education scholarship program was the hot topic at Thursday morning’s Children and Youth Issues briefing, held every year before the start of Minnesota’s legislative session.

On Friday, supporters plan to announce legislation to request additional money to fund the program.

The briefing drew hundreds of people to the Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul and showcased a successful effort in recent years to rally foundations, preschool directors, policymakers and others around early-childhood education. Supporters say giving kids and their families support in the early years can set them up for success in school and saves money down the road.

“It can help close that achievement gap,” said Barbara Milon, director of the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, which runs a child care center in North Minneapolis.

Education Commissioner Brenda

Cassellius said, “Poverty is the greatest challenge facing kids.” She noted that 43 percent of first-graders qualify for free and reduced-price lunches.

Updates from the departments of Education and Health and Human Services highlighted their commitment to support teen mothers, deliver health care to uninsured kids, push for stable housing and provide mental health services. Recent legislation doubled mental health grants to schools, with $45 million to school-based mental health services through 2018, said Health and Human Services Commissioner Cindy Jesson.

After-school programs will be another focus in the coming year, said Kari Denissen Cunnien, director of Ignite Afterschool, formerly known as Minnesota Afterschool Network. She noted that state funding for after-school programs is down and federal funding in the form of large grants “may no longer be as reliable.”

The child advocates also celebrated l a s t y e a r ’ s u n p r e c e d e n t e d authorization of $46 million to

distribute to low-income parents in the form of scholarships, which can be used to send 3- and 4-year-old children to any approved home- or center-based child care program. The funding was largely the result of MinneMinds, a coalition of 70 statewide organizations that coordinated lobbying for early-childhood scholarships.

“All of us heard the message consistently, and it worked,” said state Sen. Patricia Torres Ray, DFL-Minneapolis.

The initial funding serves about 10 percent of eligible families, which is why MinneMinds will be hitting up legislators again this year.

CorrECTIoN:

“The bill, which was filed today

by representative ryan winkler

(d-Golden Valley), would add an

additional $20 million for early

learning scholarships in the 2015

fiscal year and call for the base funding

appropriation to be doubled in each

fiscal year until the need of all at-risk

children is met.” I had a wrong dollar

amount in my original version of this

story.

I lost my eyesight when I was a very young boy living in Taltale, a rural village in Ethiopia. As a result of my blindness, most of my childhood was spent behind closed doors, in the protection of my home; I had no access to formal schooling, and my world grew smaller and smaller. My young life suddenly changed from light to dark, from promise to sorrow.

The accident occurred at the end of 2000. I vividly remember that eventful day. It was very nice, sunny and gorgeous. After I had lunch with

my family, I went to climb one of my favorite trees; when I reached the top, I lost my footing and fell many feet to the ground. The fall from the tree changed my life dramatically.

Within a year, I lost my eyesight.

It was tough and difficult to accept at first; it was very hard for me to cope with the loss or get used to being blind. I stopped playing with children as I had before, and I quit going to school. I imagined there was no independent life for me; I thought I would have to depend entirely on others and never have a life of my own. There was no blind school or any resources available for blind people in Taltale, the town I lived in. Sadly, I became immured as a young boy. As a result, I became idle and spent all of my time with my family; in addition, I always needed people’s help to leave the house for a breath of fresh air. I couldn’t do anything by myself. I endured this situation for seven years. It was hard to deal with.

When I came to the United States, with great effort and determination, I was able to overcome my disability and regain my independence. After I lived in the United States for two months, I decided to enroll in blind school and learn to walk with a cane, but, at the same time, many people I knew discouraged me and wanted me not to walk on my own because they were concerned that I might get lost or get hit by car. I spent one full,

lonely day pondering what was next in my life. Then I made my decision and asked my brother to take me to the State Services for the Blind, a blind rehabilitation center. The counselors there advised me and told me what blind people could and could not do. I began to instruct myself and became hopeful. I was optimistic and looked forward to having a great, bright future. I was committed to working hard and long.

These last three years, I have studied in the ABE program at Southside Education Center, and, most recently, I passed the GED. Soon, I begin classes at MCTC. My plan is to complete one or two years of courses at MCTC and then enter the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.

I’m very thrilled to have passed the GED and to have the opportunity to earn a college degree and, in time, help others, as many have helped me. I thank my teachers for their encouragement, time and patience. I pray and praise God for leading me from the darkness and for the brightness that fills my life today.

earLy education efforts in minnesota promoted from the darkest to BrightestBy: MAJA BECKSTroM, Pioneer Press By: IBrAhIM MuZAMIl, TC daily Planet

Ibrahim Muzamil

Halkan waxaan ka salaamayaa wargeyska Soomaalida iyo dhamaan akhristayaasha ku xiran, waxaanan ku salaamayaa salaanta islaamka, Asalaamu Caleykum. Salaan kadib, waxaan donayaa inaan ka hadlo, fikradd cusubna aan ka dhiibto cilmiga astronomy ama cilmi falagga

oo ay Soomaalidu u taqaan cilmiga xiddigisga.

Cilmigan Falagga oo ah cilmi aad u weyn ayaa waxaa la yiraahdaa waa cilmigii ugu horeeyay ee ay binu aadamku bartaan. Anigu waxaan ahay dadka cilmi Falagga xiiseeya, xiiseentaana waxaan bilaabay markii aan imi magaallada Minneapolis, gobolka Minnesota ee dalka Mareykanka. Anigu cilmigaas weyn in yar baan ka fahmaa, waxaanan jeclahay inaan ka hadlo fikrad cusubna aan ka dhiibto. Qoraalkan waxaan doonayaa inaan kaga hadlo Dayax Saaxiibka Dhulka, anigoo aad usoo koobaya. Akhristayaasha sharafta lahoow, sidaad ogtihiin iinsaankii ugu horeeyay ee taga hawada sare, dhulkana ku soo warreegay wuxuu ahaa Yuri Gagarin oo isagu u dhashay dalka Ruushka sanadku marku ahaa 1961. Sidoo kale, iinsaankii ugu horeeyay isna ku degay dayaxa dushiisa wuxuu ahaa Neil Armstrong oo u dhashay dalka Mareykanka, dhawaana dhintay. Ilaa maantana aqoonyahaniinta cilmigan bartay ama cilmi barista ka sameeya, koonkan oo dhan iyo dayaxa baaritaan cilmi bey ka wadaan. Sidoo kale waxaan aragnaa dowladaha horumaray in ay marwalba iyagoo cilmi baaraya, kana hadlaya, (Dhulka/Earth), (Dayaxa/Moon), (Big Bang), (Xiddigaha/Stars), (Dayax Gacmeedka/Space Electronic), (Meerayaasha/Planets),

(Bah-cadceedeed/Solarsys tem) iyo (Ururka xiddigaha/Galaxy). Dowladaha horumaray ayaa ku hamiweyn in ay mustaqbalka soo socda ay doonayaan cirka iney ku noladaan.

Aan usoo labto dayaxa iyo baaritanadiisa taariikhda dheer. Xiligii hawada sare iyo dayaxa la tagey ilaa maanta waxaa laga jogaa 50 sano. Dowladaha horumarayna marwalba waxay baritaano iyo dadaal dheraad ah ay ugu jiraan dayaxa iyo waxyaabaha la xirira, iyaga oo marwalbana baaritaano cusub ino soo gudbiyaan. Hadaba su’aasha muhiimka ah ayaa ah, waa maxay sirta ugu weyn ee dayaxa ku qarsoon oo ilaa maanta aan la ogaanin? Jawaabta ayaa aha sirta ugu weyn ee dayaxa ku qarsoon, waa warreega uu ku socdo dayaxa iyo xisaabaadka uu ku socdo dayaxa oo ku dhex qarsoon. Xisaabta uu ku socdo dayaxu ayaa ah, hal xisaab oo ku qarsoon, xisaabtaasna weli lama soo sarin lamana ogaanin. Aniga oo cilmiga Falagga in mudo ah ku soo jiray, lana dersayay, ayaa haddaba waxaan jecladay in aan dowladaha horumaray ee arrintan ku mashquulsan iyo akhristayaasha Soomaaliyeed, in aan u faa’iideyo, mawduucana aan wax yar kala wadaago. Qof kasta oo bini Adam ah wuxu ka hadli kara wuxu isagu ogaaday, jecelyahay ama uu takhasus u leeyahay. Haddaba markaan ka hadlo nafteyda, waxaan idiin soo gudbiyay intaan ka ogaaday mawduucan, cilmiguna sidad ogtihiinba waa bad oo kale, qoraalkan koobana laguma dhamayn karo dhamaan wixii akhbaar ah ee la xiriira cilmiga Falagga.

Mustaqbalka dhow waxaan rajeynayaa xisaabta dayaxa ku dhex qarsoon inaad aragtaan ama aad ogaataan. Sirta konkan oo dhan wuxuu ku qaroonyahay xisaabadka dayaxa. Waxaan rajaynayaa in qoraalkan koban ay dad iga cilmi badan akhristaan oo ay wixii tallo iyo tusaale ahna ila soo wadaagan, haddi ay wax su’aal ahna ay qabaan ay ila soo xiriri karaan.

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Somali and Native American women discovered shared cultural similarities at a small group meeting at East Phillips Community Center on October 21. Fowsiyo Aden noted that there is a structure in Somalia called a qualdo, which reminded her in its similarity to the teepee. She also said they have buffalo in Somalia. Easy laughter followed when Rukia Mohamud asked if they milk the buffalo here. There are buffalo in Somalia but they are wild, while domesticated camels are milked.

Native bead artists taught Somali women how to bead, working on a simple pattern for a key chain. The gathering was the first of several meetings of this kind, working in conjunction with The New Native Theater, aimed at fostering understanding and friendship between Native American women and Somali women.

The beading followed a shared meal of Somali and Native American foods.

Emmy Her Many Horses made a Lakota buffalo stew with buffalo from her family’s ranch in South

Dakota. An Ojibwe wild rice stew, wild blueberry sauce and Pepsi rounded out the Native fare. Somali women contributed beef stew with basmati rice and a big lettuce salad with bananas.

Patty, a professional beader and retired teacher, a Shoshoni from Idaho, said “I learned to bead from my mom, brothers and grandparents. The number one thing for beading is patience.”

Mariah, a Lakota woman, came to assist Patty, quietly moving among the ladies showing them the beginning steps for the key ring.

The small group of women brings intimacy to this exchange of cultural heritage. As in many groups of women, talk flowed freely, with interests of family, education and arts filling in the occasional silences.

Kasa Hohenstien, whose kids attend Anne Sullivan school, where half of the students are Somali and her children have Somali friends, came to get to know more about Somalia and its culture. Terry Yellow Hammer, from Standing Rock Sioux tribe and

an urban Indian, said, “It’s nice to be around a bunch of women.”

The Somali community organizer of the Native American Somali Friendship Association, Amina Saleh, translated for several of the Somali women whose English skills are still developing. (Norma Smith is the Native American community organizer for the group.) Rukia Mohamud has been in this country for only three months and everything is new for her. Amina Shuriye had been here for eight years and is happy to be living here, after first living in a refugee camp in Kenya. One of her children, daughter Rabio, tried her hand at beading on this evening. Fowsiyo Aden, a smiling outgoing woman, diligently working on her beaded ring, mentioned that there are also tribal people in Somalia.

Rhianna Yazzie, the artistic director of The New Native Theater hopes to produce a play out of the discoveries the women unearth as their new friendship ensues. “The process is more important than the play,” voiced Yazzie. “ Here we get to know each other in a different way, over dinner and a new activity.”

As Patty said earlier in the evening about the art of beading, “Keep trying and trying. The more you try the better you get at it.”

The same can be said for a developing friendship. At the November meeting of the Play Circle, a Somali henna artist will teach the art of henna application.

This is one of a number of articles produced by student interns at the TC Daily Planet.

CorrECTIoN: The first paragraph

originally implied that buffalo are

milked in Somalia — that’s not

correct! The question referred to

camels: Easy laughter followed when

rukia Mohamud asked if they milk

the buffalo here. There are buffalo

in Somalia but they are wild, while

domesticated camels are milked.

taLking Beading and BuffaLos in south minneapoLisBy: hElEN durITSA, TC daily Planet

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