I knew about cardamom in Turkish #coffee and I knew about ginger in #tea. But my buddy Mohammed explained to me that the correct #Somali flavourings are the other way around.
#House & #Senate Republicans have denigrated fellow lawmakers, #Biden admin officials & witnesses in #racist ways, both in casual comments & in official settings.
When Rep #MarjorieTaylorGreene (R-GA) stood on the #House floor this month to announce her proposal to censure the only #Somali-born member of #Congress, she said she was seeking punishment for “Representative #IlhanOmar of Somalia — I mean Minnesota.”
Earlier that same wk, Rep #TroyNehls (R-TX) called the #Black husband of another woman of color, Rep #CoriBush (D-MO) a “thug.” He then said Ms. Bush, who is also Black, had received so many death threats because she was “so loud all the time.”
The state legislators said the home deals had harmed members of the #Somali community in and around the Twin Cities. Some buyers have lost their #homes.
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Reform Controversial “Contract for Deed” #Home Sales
Proposed legislation follows a ProPublica and Sahan Journal report that revealed questionable #RealEstate transactions that left members of Minnesota’s #Somali and Hispanic immigrant communities at risk of losing their #homes.
Abdirizak Terra: Young #Palestinian ladies listening to a powerful #Somali song 56 years after it was sang to the revolutionary live audiences.
The track named ‘#Israel”
was composed by Abwaan Ali Diiriye & sang by the legendary Hassan Adan Samatar. It was performed in 1967 after the 6 day war in which Jerusalem came under zionist occupation.
The song underscores that the Israelis are not a large power but a settle colonizer implanted in the heart of the middle east. It also called for solidarity and support to the disposed Palestinians whose homeland was gifted to peoples from other nations. @palestine@somalia
Suomen #somali yhteisössä on suuri huoli ja pelko. Kaikki #vanhukset eivät esim. uskalla mennä kauppaan sen pelosta, että #Purra n ja muiden sanat muuttuvat toisten teoiksi.
Ja tilanne koskee kaikenikäisiä:
”10-vuotias tyttäreni on kolmannen polven #maahanmuuttaja, ja #Suomi on ollut tuon sukupolven oma maa. Nyt he pohtivat, kuuluvatko tänne sittenkään. #Lapset huomaavat kyllä, mitä ympärillä puhutaan.”
Senators Call for Further Oversight, Consumer Protections in Contract for Deed Real Estate Transactions
Following a ProPublica-Sahan Journal report on fast-tracked home financing deals that left Somali families in Minnesota financially devastated, federal lawmakers met to discuss what could be done to shield buyers.
St. Louis Park elects Minnesota’s first Somali mayor — Nadia Mohamed (www.mprnews.org)
Only one other Somali mayor had been identified in the United States in the lead up to Tuesday’s election.