Dhalinyarada Somaaliyeed ee Bristol oo aan bulshada ka dhex muuqan, codkooduna qarsoonyahay

Warbixin laga soosaaray hawlgalii Brooke ayaa cadaysay, inkastoo dhamaan inamadii la xidhay ay Soomaali ahaayeen, in “aanay jirin wax cadaynaya in isirkooda iyo dhaqankoodu uu qayb ka ahaa wixii dhacay”. Waxa kale oo ay warbixintu cadaysay in “inamada la xidhay aanay ahayn kuwo isku duubnaa” oo dhacdadan si qorshaysan u fuluiyay. Tani waxay ka soo horjeedaa wararkii sida aadka ah saxaafaddu u baahisay ee ahaa in ay ahaayeen koox abaabulan oo u soo tabaabushaystay in ay si qorsheysan dembiyada u fuliyaan.

‘Somali youth in Bristol left voiceless’

The “Somali sex abuse gang” headlines had sent shock waves through the Somali communities in Bristol and in the UK – and elsewhere. Somali speaking media had shown interest … and many others had taken on social media cursing Bristol Somalis and accusing them …

Black children in Bristol are disproportionately affected by poor educational institutions – Cllr Jama

Watch the debate: Educational segregation in ‪#‎Bristol‬ is a pressing issue. Bristol city is ‘sleep walking into crisis’ says ‪Cllr … More

Bristol Mayor: Quick way to address the lack of BME workforce representation is to “kill an awful lot of white men”

Bristol Mayor George Ferguson: Quick way to rectify the imbalance of BME workforce representation is to “kill an awful lot of white men”

Maareeyaha shaqada adduunyada ugu adag

Ma ladeehay aqoon, xirfad, khibrad iyo karti dheeraad ah oo aad ku maareyso shaqada adduunyada ugu adag, uguna muhiimsan?

Struggle – new Somali play in English comes to Bristol

Suuban explains how she is doubly discriminated against: she is black and she is Muslim. When a video she has made goes viral, she becomes the voice of her community but her new found fame has unwelcome consequences. MI5 pressure her relentlessly …

Somali Festival Bristol

The Somali Festival Bristol aims to celebrate not only the cultural heritage of the Somalis but the community’s presence in the city too. The festival will be held at the City Academy Bristol on Friday, 30th October 2015 – from 12:00 to 21:00 hours.

The Somali Festival Bristol is a sister to the week-long Somali Festival in London that is curated by Kayd and will similarly focus on the concept of ‘spaces’, what they mean, and how they are used, for ‘Aqoon la’aani waa iftiin la’aan – The absence of knowledge is the absence of light’ and we wish to fill these spaces with light. Thus the event will present Somali artists and academics, including Anab Guled, AbdiRahman Barwaaqo, Professor Awo Abdi, Ibrahim Hersi Hurre and Suuban’s Somali play ‘Struggle’, as well as the Bristol-based author and Somali playwright Abdillahi Mohabe – please see the attached documents for full details of the festival programme.

Pictures: People in Bristol reflect the refugee crisis, address moral crisis

The refugee crisis ‘is not one country’s problem, is the whole world’s problem’

Alex Raikes MBE: “Aylan Kurdi is one of many. We need his life to remind us that he must have not died in vain … People … can and should and must think it is not their problem – this [refugee crisis] is not somebody else’s problem, it is all our problem. This is not one country’s problem, it is the whole world’s problem. And this world is one world, and one global village.”

Will Somali voters determine Bristol’s 2015 General Election?

Somali voters could make a great contribution to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) vote in Bristol, which is anticipated to be key to the results of the elections in May. But the longer answer would entail an understanding of how the Somali vote can influence change.