Waris Dirie - Wikipedia
Waris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye; born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation . From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against FGM.
How Somalis in east London were hit by the pandemic | Free to …
Jun 22, 2020 · Mrs Abdi Adam was the first ethnic Somali to die from Covid-19 in Tower Hamlets, according to Safia Jama, a mental health worker who runs the Women’s Inclusive Team, a local charity.
100 Years After Somalis Arrive in London, It’s High Time to …
Oct 16, 2014 · There has been a Somali presence in London for over a hundred years. The first Somalis to arrive in Britain were economic migrants. Merchant seamen settled in cities including Cardiff, Liverpool, and London.
Somalis in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
Somali women at a Somali language event in London. The 2011 UK Census recorded 85,918 people living in England and Wales who spoke Somali as their main language. This represented 0.16 per cent of the population, and 2.06 per cent of speakers of non-English main languages. [ …
British Somali women’s theatre gives the ‘Side eYe’ to exclusion
Nov 2, 2023 · Actor Nadjma Abshir, 29, performs a scene from the play “Desperate Times”, a sell-out comedy by the Somali women’s theatre company “Side eYe Productions”, at the Rich Mix arts centre in...
‘You are too much in this modern world, that’s why you are like …
Oct 18, 2024 · This is a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of mental health among Somali women living in London. Participants, over the age of 18, female and identifying as Somali, were recruited from a community centre in West London.
Resilient women: what we can learn from Somali refugees in …
Nov 9, 2021 · Joanna Lewis' new book explores the lives of the Somali women who arrived in Britain fleeing war, and their resilience in overcoming the barriers facing them as refugees in post-Imperial Britain. Western depictions of Africa often focus on the negative.
Somalis in London | Somali Diaspora in the UK | WorldRemit
Aug 10, 2023 · In fact, our business was founded in 2010 by a Somali immigrant, Ismail Ahmed, and is now the UK’s first black-owned unicorn company – providing jobs for both natives and immigrants alike. So, in this article, we’ll take a closer look at Somali communities in London.
The fraught self-discovery of a young Somali woman in London
Jun 21, 2023 · Book Club: Ayaan Mohamud's debut novel focuses on a young Somali woman in London who learns to stand up for herself. The book's authentic portrayal of the British Somali community helps the reader understand the challenges of Islamophobia in the UK.
Ayaan Bow: Somalilanders strive for recognition - Roman Road LDN
Feb 27, 2022 · One British-Somalian’s woman’s journey from Somalia to Somaliland. When Ayaan Gulaid’s sixteen-year-old brother was tortured at the hands of Somalia’s Siad Barré’s military dictatorship in Somaliland, the family realised that they had to flee their homeland.