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    Vancouver Sun: Somaliland is one of the most successful new countries in Africa

    Vancouver Sun: Somaliland is one of the most successful new countries in Africa

    | July 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

    (By JONATHAN MANTHORPE, Vancouver Sun) As Somalia descends into yet another of the troughs of violence and famine that have marked this ultimate failed state for 20 years, just over its northern horizon is one of the most successful new countries in Africa. Somaliland broke away from Somalia after the old dictator, Siad Barre, was [...]

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    Colbert Report: Norwegian Muslish Gunman’s Islam-Esque Atrocity

    Colbert Report: Norwegian Muslish Gunman’s Islam-Esque Atrocity

    | July 27, 2011 | 1 Comment

    Just because Norway’s confessed murderer is a blond, blue-eyed, Norwegian-born, anti-Muslim crusader doesn’t mean he’s not a swarthy, ululating madman.

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    Glenn Beck manages to associate Norway terror victims with Hitler

    Glenn Beck manages to associate Norway terror victims with Hitler

    | July 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

    “Young political activists have gathered at Utoya for over 60 years to learn about and be part of democracy, the very opposite of what the Hitler Youth was about,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “Glenn Beck’s comments are ignorant, incorrect and extremely hurtful.”

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    The Famine in the Horn versus Dilemmas and Obstacles

    The Famine in the Horn versus Dilemmas and Obstacles

    | July 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

    The famine in the Horn of Africa seems a déjà vu for many people. They haven’t yet realized that these are not videos and pictures from the archives but live pictures from a new disaster in The Horn.   It was 1984 when a widespread famine affected millions of people of today’s Eritrea and Ethiopia. [...]

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    Somali artist at his best on the 2011 Drought

    Somali artist at his best on the 2011 Drought

    | July 17, 2011 | 4 Comments

    (MUUJIS) Usually known for his controversial political cartoons; that even once got him condemned by the current president Shariif Sh. Ahmed, Somali artist Amin Amir partially took the crucial role of informing and expressing concerns through drawings reflective of the devastating drought crisis in the horn of Africa. Overwhelming majority of the drought victims are [...]

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    One dollar can save a life: Somali Drought

    One dollar can save a life: Somali Drought

    | July 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

    by Abdulkadir A Osman Wednesday, July 13, 2011   “Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” . It is religious obligation to help poor and needy people who ever they are and where ever they are, but today it is under [...]

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    Al-Shabaab oo markab teg..ay dabaal ku gaara leh

    Al-Shabaab oo markab teg..ay dabaal ku gaara leh

    | July 8, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Af-hayeenka Al-Shabaab,  Sheikh Cali naxariista uu  shacabka tasayo ee uu u leeyahay gaalo iyo muslinba haka soo gaareen dadka abaarta iyo dagaaladda ku dhibaataysani, ma mid uu taageero ku goobayaa mise waa mid uu alle ka cabsi iyo dadnimo u yeelayo? Jawaabtu waa fududahay, dadka intiisa badanna wuu saxayaa, intaan ka aheyn saxaafadda jilicsan ee hooyadood hadii [...]

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    Sharia and the Lives of Muslim Americans -by Abdul Malik Mujahid

    Sharia and the Lives of Muslim Americans -by Abdul Malik Mujahid

    | June 27, 2011 | 1 Comment

    You might have seen a government-required sign at a McDonald’s restroom telling employees to wash their hands. Muslims do this as a part of living their faith, which is called sharia in Arabic. The Prophet Muhammad also encouraged Muslims to wash their hands before and after eating. Muslim parents raise their children on many such [...]

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    South African Columnist blasts Authorities, demands arrest of GGBF Leader

    South African Columnist blasts Authorities, demands arrest of GGBF Leader

    | June 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

      As we reported on Muujis many times; what’s happening to the local Somali immigrant of South Africa is continues tragedy. Authorities do nothing or little about the organized killing, and looting towards the small business owners, who are at times burned alive. Those attacks are carried out by group called “Greater Gauteng Business Forum”. [...]

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    Yemen set to end up like Somalia

    Yemen set to end up like Somalia

    | June 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

    It appears that Yemen has crossed that threshold from political crisis to civil war. From The Christian Science Monitor: After months of trying to tamp down unrest, Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his security forces have become embroiled in a conflict that meets all the classic definitions of a civil war. He and [...]

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    Glimpse of why many Somalis sympathize with Pirates

    Glimpse of why many Somalis sympathize with Pirates

    | June 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Piracy will not stop anytime soon, and no force is capable of halting, and that is just realistic conclusion many Nations have came to understand.  Russia and India almost gave up their tireless efforts of anti-piracy operations in the past few months.  The dire truth is the Somali pirates have the full support of the [...]

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    “Tupac Alive” says hacked PBS

    “Tupac Alive” says hacked PBS

    | May 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

    False report is spreading through facebook and twitter like wild fire,  because Hackers access PBS servers in retaliation for WikiLeaks report; The fake story reads: Prominent rapper Tupac has been found alive and well in a small resort in New Zealand, locals report. The small town – unnamed due to security risks – allegedly housed [...]

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    Lebron Justifies leaving Cleavland: “Look at me now, I’m Happy here”

    Lebron Justifies leaving Cleavland: “Look at me now, I’m Happy here”

    | May 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

    The soon to be the NBA Champion, Miami Heat’s Lebron James again explains why he left Cleavland. Says everyone wants to be happy in what they do, and he’s no different. If the Miami Heat pulls a win in the NBA Finals (and you know they will) I just want to see the face of [...]

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    VIDEO: Darker Skin is a problem within the Afro American Community this bad?

    VIDEO: Darker Skin is a problem within the Afro American Community this bad?

    | May 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

    I can’t believe this “Dark Girls” preview. Everyone have and had something people teased them with, weather it be big eye, small eyes, head, nose, tall, short, etc. And being darker skin is no different, or atleast that is what I taught until i saw this video preview where women talk about dark skin like [...]

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    Know it: No Genocide ever took place in Somalia (Videos)

    Know it: No Genocide ever took place in Somalia (Videos)

    | May 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

    In the wake of Ratko Mladic’s arrest, I want to first congratulate the Serbian authorities for the arrest, and hope justice will finally be served. On a local level I want to also use this opportunity to educate my fellow Somalis about Genocide and how it doesn’t concern us. The word genocide is used lightly [...]

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    Watch as Ed Schultz Apologies to Laura Ingrahm, Tears Up

    Watch as Ed Schultz Apologies to Laura Ingrahm, Tears Up

    | May 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Ed Schultz Apologizes For On Air “Slut” Remark During His Radio Show. Oh, man, Gentleman apologized like he killed someone; it was just too strong of an apology. Of course, you should never insult a lady like that , but just say sorry, don’t tear up, right?

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    Somali Standard:  Is she a marriage material

    Somali Standard: Is she a marriage material

    | May 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Consider this article a guide; to know if she is an appropriate candidate for marriage, in accordance with Somali culture, and religious values, along with carefully measured exceptions; mindful of our current diaspora state, as appose to unrealistic, and hypocritical approaches to this matter. I have examined and made reasonable adjustments that are; “a must meet’ in [...]

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    “Hi, my name is Idil, and I’m a Feminist”

    “Hi, my name is Idil, and I’m a Feminist”

    | May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

    by Idil Farah Friday, May 06, 2011 Being a Somali Feminist sure sucks. I once attended a women’s conference in Alberta, and the topic of discussion revolved around the lived experiences of Muslim-Canadian women who are forced to operate amongst two often-competing paradigms. A semi-prominent social scientist began her treatise against the illiberal cultural practice [...]

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    (Muujis Article of the Week) Lost Adventurer-By Anisa Hajimumin

    (Muujis Article of the Week) Lost Adventurer-By Anisa Hajimumin

    | April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

    It is Friday, it is April, it is Spring, 2011 here in Minnesota. But somewhere else, the sun is blazing, somewhere in Somalia, under its hot tempeture, orphans cry, and beg for bread, widowed mothers think of way to support their children; to survive within Somalia’s broken system, cruel beatings upon the poor, and the ungodly iniquitous killing [...]

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    VIDEO Glen Beck vs Huckabee: “Who you calling Nazi?”

    VIDEO Glen Beck vs Huckabee: “Who you calling Nazi?”

    | April 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

    So know we know one of the reasons Glen Beck is leaving Fox News, he needs more target to attack and the republican media network wouldn’t allow it, even though he needed broad targets for his market. Now he’s attacking very humble former governor and presidential candidate of 2008, and maybe 2012. This clearly shows [...]

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    Kinsi Abdulleh: founder of Kudu Arts cultural association and the magazine Scarf

    Kinsi Abdulleh: founder of Kudu Arts cultural association and the magazine Scarf

    | April 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

    (Vogue Italy) Kinsi Abdulleh is a visual artist and a social activist of huge energy and generosity. In 1998, she started the Kudu Arts cultural association to promote artistic and educational projects involving the world of the Somali diaspora and beyond. The magazine Scarf is one of its products: it started from the desire to create a [...]

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    Ariana Huffington Oo Lacagtii AOL lagu dacweeyay

    Ariana Huffington Oo Lacagtii AOL lagu dacweeyay

    | April 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Ariana Huffington oo ah milkiilaha bogga loogu aqriska badan yahay Mareykanka ee HuffingtonPost ayaa dhawaan boggeeda shirkadda weyn ee AOL kaga iibsatay bogaas $315 milyan. Waliba waxaa laga dhigay masuulka bogga iyadoo laga iibsaday. Boggaan laakiin wuxuu u shaqeeyaa qaabka muujis.com hadda aan ku wadno ee ah in wariye walba uu qoraalladiisa soo gashan karro [...]

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    MUST READ: The art of miscommunication – by Salma Hussein

    MUST READ: The art of miscommunication – by Salma Hussein

    | April 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

    We all understand that communication is vital in any relationship but it is even more so important when it comes to intimate relationships. It is important to note that no one is born with communication skills that bring us closer to those we love, but it can be learned. We live in a society where [...]

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    DIGNIIN Ku Saabsan Dacwadda Ka Dhan Gen. Cali Samatar

    DIGNIIN Ku Saabsan Dacwadda Ka Dhan Gen. Cali Samatar

    | April 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

    Qoraalkaan waxaan ugu talo galay shacabka Soomaaliyeed ee la socda dacwadda Gen. Cali Samatar oo baaris kadib aan ka gaaray go’aan labadda dhinac ee iska soo horjeedaba ka gadisan, anigoo Alla ka cabsi naftayda uga dhowraya danbi weyn oo aan yareysi ku gallo. Soomaaliyey wax badan ayaan ku wareersannaa arintan Gen. Cali Samatar, laakiin baaritaan, [...]

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