Adan Bulale

Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community have suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse and the harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle against this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community.  Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as is he case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the low...

Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community has suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse, and harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community. Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as he is the case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the lowest ranks ever i...

Somalia has a long history of marginalization and discrimination, to the point of labeling fellow Somalis as a lesser Somali, and Somali Bantu, alias Jareer, falls under this category. This community has suffered from psychological damage due to the hatred, abuse, and harassment they received from the so-called ‘majority clans’ of Somalia. The author stated that Somali Muslim scholars dodged and neglected this issue and that they never give efforts to tackle this alarming discrimination against the Somali Bantu community.  Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawadin who is from the Jareer community co-initiated SYL-freedom fighting movement, but unfortunately his people never enjoyed the country he strove for and Jareers never felt the fruits of the nationalism and patriotism he stood for. Alas, to make matters worse, his legacy is never celebrated the same way as is the case with his fellow SYL freedom fighters. This community is engaged in doing menial jobs and live in the lowest ranks e...

The popular American Blogger Mark Manson has published this book called “the subtle art of not giving a fuck” in 2016. This author, who influenced a lot of people- changing the way they feel about life and about themselves. In this book, the author challenges the motivational speakers who always try to numb the pain that people are going through. Manson has blamed the motivational speakers on always showing people only about their loopholes and what they are missing in life. His popular joke triggers many questions on the genuineness of motivational speakers. So-called life coaches always tell people to go to the mirror, stare and tell themselves “you are beautiful, you are rich, you can do everything” However, Manson raised a wonderful question, he said “If a person is truly handsome/beautiful, do they need to go to the mirror and tell themselves that they are handsome? If a person is rich, do they need to go to the mirror and tell themselves that they are rich? The answer is ...

After Aar had an argument with his wife Valarie who decided to join to the lesbian community, Aar asked his friends in Kenya to take care of the two kids Salif and Dahaba and he went to Mogadishu as UN staff. After terrorists attack in the UN compound of Mogadishu shortened the life of Aar, his sister- Bella, who is in Italy is mourning and soon travels to Kenya to take care of the kids whose mother has already left and now watching the death of their beloved father. Besides, Bella has no parenting skills, she still manages to raise her nephew and niece successfully. Salif and Dahaba are endowed with intelligence and smartness that they inherited from their father who singlehandedly raised them. Among the many other characters that light up in the book are Fatima who is a cancer survivor and her husband Mahdi and Also Gunilla who is Aar’s colleague and lover. Bella’s most challenging party of raising kids starts when Valarie starts to claim the maternal rights of the kids...