Recently my sister (Fatima) and I were sort of reflecting back on our childhood and the countries that we lived in and more specifically on Somalia. We both are striving individuals who sincerely want to contribute to the betterment of our homeland. Fatima has better memories of Somalia, and I often get to live them [...]

Once upon a  time……. Once upon a time leadership mattered,now dealership rules the world. Once upon a time quality was a craftman’s pride,now it is a departmental mess. Once upon a time a mouse was an untouchable mammal,now it’s a handheld pest. Once upon a time wisdom was cultivated by wise people,now it is flashed [...]

David Spiegel, Stanford Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, discusses hypnosis, the mind, and its therapeutic interaction with the body from helping patients stop smoking to prolonging the lives of cancer patients. Link to this post!

The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it’s bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf — and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse. Link to this post!

Historical Distortions: The story of Queen Ebla Awad (Araweelo) is one of the most controversial in Somali society. Since almost all Somali stories are oral and not written, it is impossible to prove their authenticity. When these stories were first told, most Somalis were nomads who did not know how to write and read.

My name is Orphan Boy; I’m a Somali Orphan boy. I’m lost and I don’t know where to go. My father was killed trying to protect me. His body received a dozen bullets that took his life. His body lay on me so I could not move. I could feel his warm blood running over [...]

Do Somalians need to quetsion their culture? What went wrong, and caused the huge problems that faced the well standing country, Somalia, who once had strong economic etc.? Should Somalians change their way of thinking and change the way they tackle problems like child upbringing? What about the way somali men treat their wifes like being violence ? Those quetsions and many others is Faah M. Mohamed answering in the following article. Be prepared for a long but very worth article!

“Aqoon Laan Wa Iftiin Laan” Without knowledge there is no light – a famous Somali proverb. My journey began in Somalia. I was born in 1987, just three years before the civil war would shatter the lives of most Somalis and leave them, literally, homeless in their own land, which forced them to seek shelter [...]

What is this 90/10 principle? 10% is made up of what happens to you in your daily life. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane arriving late and throwing off our schedule. [...]

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. Link to this post!