From the category archives:

Somalia

On “Qabiil”

by Daughter of the Horn on August 10, 2010

in Life,Somalia

Great Message!

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Somalia, Don’t Allow Shame for It

by Daughter of the Horn on May 2, 2010

in Africa,Life,Somalia

I still remember the first time I heard this song. Kuwait. I must’ve been about 8 or 9. My mom and I were hovered over our old, slow computer and I was reading the latest Somali news to her. My parents are both literate and know 3 languages each, but in order for them to [...]

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Homesick

by Daughter of the Horn on October 23, 2009

in Africa,Somalia

I’ve never really been back home, but through my mother’s recollections of old poems my grandfather wrote (May Allah have mercy on his soul) and my father’s childhood adventures, I’ve been able to somehow live vicariously through them the days when Somalia was still young and peaceful, and I loved every bit of it, and [...]

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