Somali

OUR STORIES | Sheeko: Documenting Somali youth diaspora stories

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, TC Daily Planet

Fartun Abdi is passionate about preserving her generation's oral histories.

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Twin Cities Somali leaders offer advice to young Somali-Minnesotans

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

Ahmed Burale, imam of Masjid Omar mosque in Minneapolis, poses for a photo after a TC Daily Planet interview in the mosque office (Photo by Ibrahim Hirsi)

Writer’s note: Huge waves of Somali immigrants escaping the two-decade-old civil war flocked to Minnesota, making the Twin Cities a centerpiece for hundreds of thousands diasporic communities scattered throughout the United States and Canada.

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Daalo Grill: Somali cuisine on Eat Street

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

I was wandering down Eat Street rather aimlessly, trying to decide on a place to have lunch, and I stuck my head into Daalo Grill, a new East African restaurant in the space formerly occupied by No

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Minnesota Somalis call for actions to support new government and bring solutions to chaotic homeland

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

Hussein Samatar, executive director of African Development Center, moderates "What's Next for Somalia" discussion on Nov. 24 at Hiawatha Business Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Ibrahim Hirsi)

Somali-Americans assembled November 24 for a profound and, sometimes emotional, discussion in Minneapolis that sought ways to rebuild their war-torn homeland.

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Minneapolis Somalis celebrate Somali president, elections

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

Musicians entertain the crowd (Photos by Ibrahim Hirsi)

Updated, 9/25: When nearly a thousand Minnesota Somalis gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center September 22 in celebration of their newly elected president and parliament speaker, t

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New Americans Political Action Committee brings Minneapolis school board candidates into East African community

By Makula Dunbar, TC Daily Planet

A month after its official launch, the New Americans Political Action Committee organized a forum that served a dual purpose: to familiarize the East African — largely Somali and Ethiopian — commun

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What's the polite thing to say on Ramadan?

By Ifrah Jimale, Ask a Somali

Ramadan is a month-long time of fasting, with the date determined by the lunar calendar. This year Ramadan ends at sunset on August 18. Fasting means no food and nothing to drink (not even water!) When that's in the heat and long days of summer, as it is this year, fasting from sunrise to sunset is particularly difficult.

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Phillips Community Center

Unique to Phillips unlike any other recreation center in the Minneapolis Park System, the Community Center houses five tenants, each providing their own services to the community.

2424 11th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 
612-370-4946
Hours: 
M-F 3-9, Sat 9-6, Sun 12-4
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=88&parkid=361
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Cab drivers fired at protest over Airport Taxi fare cut

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Updated January 18 at 6:30 p.m. (see bottom)

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Banks block Somali financial lifeline, Minnesotans protest

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

“Peoples’ lives are at stake. People are dying,” said a young Somali to a crowd gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol. State Senator Jeff Hayden agreed, “This is an injustice.

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