My mom, my Hooyo, has a special way of teaching you so much about the world and so little about herself. She tells you the parts of her life that are going to push you to succeed the way she did, ...
A story about a monkey outsmarting a deceitful crocodile sounds like a typical children’s book readily available on library shelves. But traditional Somali fables like “Daanyeerkii Caqliga Badnaa” are ...
In a church basement in Roxbury, a group of immigrants discuss the documentaries they're learning how to film. Guiding them are volunteers with the nonprofit Community Supported Film. "It's incredible ...
Amal Hussein and Hamdi Mohamed have a lot in common. Both were born in Kenya, where their parents had fled as refugees from Somalia’s civil war, and both came to Boston when they were just a few years ...
Dave Porter provides training and support to a small editorial team at Sasca News. Many Somalis felt – and still feel – that their portrayal in certain sections of the media as “scroungers” or ...
When Deqa Dhalac was writing her first speech as the mayor of South Portland, Maine, she went looking for an inspirational quote from Desmond Tutu or Mother Teresa. And then her mom called her from ...
Last November, Sahan Journal hosted a Facebook Live conversation for Somali parents in Minnesota. The host, Somali journalist Abdirizak Diis, interviewed a local teacher and an assistant principal in ...
ST. CLOUD — In an office space downtown St. Cloud artist Anisa Hagi-Mohamed spread a set of colorful rectangular cards across the table in front of her. With her freshly hennaed fingers she picked up ...
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the ...