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Mohamed Noor, the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman Saturday night, has been identified as his precinct’s first Somali-American officer, as CNN reports. The shooting ...
A 112-year-old Somali man has taken a 17-year-old bride. Ahmed Muhamed Dore, who has 13 children by five previous wives, said he would like to have more offspring with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh ...
So they opened the studio in Suugda Karmel and Seyf tattooed her first Somali bride. “When it comes to other arts, I can’t draw at all,” she says. “But with henna, the designs just come to me.
Girls Not Brides, an international group that works to prevent child marriage, has reported that 17 percent of girls in Somalia were married before by 15, and 36 percent by 18. The proposed ...
Bollywood’s influence went beyond entertainment, also swaying fashion and style. Some Somali brides would choose wedding outfits that had an Indian flair. This was a trend also spotted among ...
In what is thought to be the biggest age difference in the world a Somali man married his teenage bride despite a 95 YEAR gap. Ahmed Muhamed Dore, who already had 13 children by five wives ...
She writes about the story of Ayan and Leila Juma (whose names have been changed for the purposes of the book) who came to Norway from Somalia as young children and left for Syria after being ...