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President Obama, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, spoke to the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on Monday. By HELENE COOPER – New York Times In a wide-ranging speech before the Turkish Parliament in the capital, Ankara, Mr. Obama extended his campaign of outreach to the Muslim world, painting himself as a man who understands it and would seek to build...Continue reading »
HARGEISA, 31 March 2009 (PlusNews) – Hodan* spends most of her afternoons sitting outside her tiny house in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, blowing fruity smoke from a hookah pipe, her face covered in a green paste to help her skin look its best. She does not trawl the streets looking for customers; most of her clients make appointments...Continue reading »
Caitlin O’Neil – The Lantern (OSU) A young Somali man was shot twice by officials when he tried to flee the country years ago, and is now paralyzed. He never had an X-ray and although today he remains in constant pain, the only medicine he recieves is a few aspirin every day. A photograph of this man was one of many shown by photographer Abdi Roble and...Continue reading »
 By MAURA LERNER, Star Tribune Until a few months ago, Idil Abdull avoided taking her 6-year-old son out in public. She worried that strangers would stare at Abdullahi, with his angelic face and gap-toothed smile, and wonder: “What’s wrong with him?” She even tried to hide the truth, that he has autism, from her own family. She’s not hiding...Continue reading »
