Ahlaam Ibraahim – The Seattle Globalist

Somali Americans celebrate new President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

Somalia's newly elected President Farmago offers the Somali diaspora a ray of hope for the motherland.

The author, right, and a friend at graduation from Rainier Beach High School last spring. (Courtesy photo)

Educating the Horn: Paving a path to college for Somali youth

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

UW freshman Ahlaam Ibrahim is launching an ambitious campaign to connect young Somali Americans with help applying to college.

Participants in the Kids4Peace summer day camp look at the Torah at Herzu Ner-Tamid Synagogue on Mercer Island. (Photo by Ahlaam Ibraahim)

For middle schoolers, a summer of interfaith dialogue

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

The Kids4Peace interfaith day camp has local teens exploring each other's religions — and learning more about their own.

5 Somali words I wish we had in English

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

Out of touch with your cultural roots? Well there's a Somali term just for you that suggests booting you back to your homeland.

Student activists observing the first Islamophobia Awareness Day in 2015 near Victor Steinbrueck Park. (Photo by Ayan Jama)

Global Islamophobia Awareness Day centers Muslim youth experience

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

In its second year, Seattle-born Islamophobia Awareness Day goes global, calling for better understanding of the Muslim experience and its youth.

Somali diaspora speaks up about the dangers of migrant trafficking

by Ahlaam Ibraahim

Perils of the East African refugee crisis develop long before reaching the Mediterranean Sea, as one Seattle Somali-American reports.