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Bel Ahdan with Somali Activist Ilhan Omar … somali community reaction to westgate bombing
Tweet Published on Oct 3, 2013 StarTribune reported, the bombing of a Kenyan shopping mall by Al-Shabab is shining an unwelcome spotlight on Minnesota’s Somali community, which has been tied in the past to terrorism and Islamic extremism. Home to the largest Somali community in the United States, the Twin Cities has been a recruiting ground for Al-Shabab, an Al-Qaida-linked extremist Islamic group that has taken responsibility for carrying out the attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Minnesota Somali leaders on Monday moved quickly to distance the community from the attacks, while awaiting word on the possibility that recruits from the state may once again be involved in violent…
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BelAhdan Abdi Phenomenal, Spoken Artist, and Somali Youth
Tweet Abdifatah Farah Ali (Abdi Phenomenal) is a spoken word artist, teaching artist, actor and a community activist. For inquiries, please contact Abdi.phenomenal@gmail.com Biography Abdifatah Farah Ali (Abdi Phenomenal) is a spoken word artist, teaching artist, actor and a community activist. Abdi is currently studying Clinical Psychology. A member of the MN Spoken Word Association, Abdifatah Farah is known in the Somali-American community as “Abdi Phenomenal.” At the age of three, Abdi fled Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Dadaab is currently the largest refugee…See More