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EASA Anthropology of Humanitarianism Network Studying Somali diaspora humanitarianism:Some methodological considerations Nauja Kleist, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, nkl@diis.dk Diaspora groups are amongst the so-called new humanitarian actors that work outside the international humanitarian system. Growing out of transnational connections that link diaspora groups with their families and erstwhile homelands, diaspora humanitarianism has …

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Amazing opportunity! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Collection of Somali Oral Literature. Submit your poems, stories & artworks for publishing into a book before June 5th 2019 to info@puntlandwomenwriters.org or check http://puntlandwomenwriters.org/events/  #SomaliOralLiterature #Somalia Background The Puntland Women Writers Association (PWWA) is a Somali women’s network organization that was established 5 years. The network promotes Somali …

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Homely and spacious house for sale in Garowe sitting on land measuring 43m long and 28m wide. Conveniently located along Jidka 30ka, accessing 2 other side streets to the West and North. The house is designed, constructed and built by East Africa Construction Company located in Garowe. The house itself is 20m long  and 19m …

Homely and spacious house for sale in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. Read More »

We are not interested in how strong your muscles are. Not interested in how many soldiers you have. We are not interested in how sophisticated your artillery is. Not interested in how far your gunshots reach. Not interested in how superior your blood may feel to you. We are not interested in your arrogance.   …

Much More Important Things: A Message To Our Somali Leaders Read More »

Part A: letting the heart speak How it all started  In January of 2011, I  wanted so much to travel back to live and work in Garowe after giving having my daughter in the Netherlands. I traveled back to the the administrative capital. I had lived there from 2008 to 2010, as an EU Consultant …

The benefits of coming home: My journey of fulfillment and growth in Puntland, Somalia. Read More »

Book Review By Carrey Francis Ronjey. Carrey Francis Ronjey is a constant wanderer and a chaser of multiple dreams. When he is not busy being unsettled in Nairobi, he\’s locked up in Solitude dreaming. He runs his blog www.nairobiunderground.com and a bunch of other stuff. Robert Frost’s idea that “Poetry is when an emotion has found …

Reviews and commentaries of \’Sounds of Laughter: An Anthology of Poems from the Soul\’ Read More »

Yesterday, Saturday the 16th of May 2015, I was invited to read some of my poems at FatumasVoice, a monthly event at PAWA254, one of Africa’s most vibrant cultural centers in  I had been following the work of various artists in Kenya for a long time from a distance. I live and work in Somalia and so …

The Power of Art and of PAWA254 in Kenya: How Youth Are Inspiring and Educating Each Other Read More »

I\’ve just completed a 4-year research project collecting and documenting information for a book i am writing about my late father\’s biography in book and audio. The journey, which is captured on video was both an emotional and educational one. As I traveled to my father\’s birth place in Somalia and to the place where …

The biography of my father – the late Ahmed Hirsi Koshin – AUN Read More »