On Somalia

I'm tired of people using the word "impasse" to describe Somalia's current political situation. Its true that things look ...

I'm sitting at work and feeling a bit bored so I just wrote this poem in the last 5 minutes. Its basically about hope- what is being h...

A friend of mine is doing a PhD with a concentration in critical theory. This morning we spoke on the phone and she began telling me all abo...

It appears Somalia's parliament is poised to extend its term for another 2 or 3 more years. This comes shortly after IGAD announced its ...

Somalia now has a new and largely diaspora cabinet, with 7 Americans, including the prime minister. This is exciting for a lot of people bec...

After weeks of traveling and having his bag stolen from right under him as he slept, Hussein decided to stop for a few days in a border town...

The life stories of Somali refugees are the most complicated, tragic, but hopeful stories you'll ever come across. I've heard Somali...