Molding a million bones for victims of genocide
Seattle lends a hand in a macabre participatory art project to raise awareness of humanitarian crises in Congo and Somalia.
Tagged: Somalia
05 Apr
Not “Just Another Towelhead”: A Globalist Q&A with slam poet Hamda Yusuf
Meet Hamda Yusuf: She’s 19, she’s a local slam poetry champion, and she wants to be the US ambassador to Somalia.
18 Feb
Fond memories of Somalia manifest at South Seattle restaurant
Al Uruba restaurant on Renton Avenue serves up traditional food in the kind of peaceful setting that may finally be returning to Somalia after decades of war.
20 May
SIFF film picks from Africa
Of the 460-odd films from 64 different countries playing at SIFF this year, only a thin slice hail from Africa. To be fair to the SIFF programmers, they can only screen the films that get submitted, and only a few African countries have robust film scenes. But c’mon – only 5 features and 4 shorts? [...]
02 Apr
Filmmakers go in search of peace with Seattle Somali community
Washington State is home to more than 40,000 refugees from civil war and political violence in Somalia. But this population is more complex than the occasional news story about Somalia would imply. That belief is at the heart of “In Search of Nabad,” a feature-length documentary film about the Somali community in Seattle, produced by Set [...]
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