Have you ever seen a Peruvian on TV?

[Macallinka]

lol ^ so are you the short one ? I alwayz thought u r a tall guy for some reason

[NGONGE]

^^ What short one? Are you talking about the picture above with the English guy? That's Jamal Osman (the guy that wrote the recent Guardian article about Somali journalists).

 

Anyway..here are more Somalis:

 

 

 

 

MEETING WITH Rashid Ali, Somali born Building Design Young Architect of the Year Award finalist, in East London’s Rich Mix centre, seems like a very appropriate setting for our conversation given both of our multi-cultural backgrounds and interests.

 

Rashid has just completed designing and curating, Mogadishu – Forgotten Pasts & Distant Futures, an installation at Swiss Cottage Library which is a part of the British Council’s International architecture and Design Showcase 2012 for the London Festival of Architecture.

 

Read more here:

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/urban-planner-reveals-all

[Macallinka]

^ No am talking about the thing tht reached ur own house .............today's TV. Do u want me to dig it ?

[NGONGE]

^^ Go on..

 

(the one that reached my own house had something to do with a national campaign and a children's pictures.

[Macallinka]

I wont post no pics .........Dersingham Primary School @ Newham Maashallah he is so cute.

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

You know what they say in Hollywood, bad press is better then no press.

[Marksman]

There's a new game out which also plays out in Somalia. Medal of Honor Warfighter.

 

I wonder if they speak Somali in the game or will we see the old fashioned racism again? Hmmm...

 

[AYOUB]

NGONGE;882544 wrote:

It seems that this thing has reached my own house!

Don't let the Milton Keynes child protection agent hear about this..

[NGONGE]

^^ How about Diriye Osman? :D

 

 

 

A gay Somali writer and "visual artist"

 

http://www.diriyeosman.com/archive

[NGONGE]

^^ One phrase; Casting Couch!

[oba hiloowlow]

nacalaa talaatik a gay somali writer bisinka, seriously there used to live this somali gay couple in my city lol they got beaten up so many times they had to move from the our city.

[NGONGE]

^^ He's written a few "good" short stories. Can you guess the sexual preference of the heros in his stories?

[NGONGE]

^^ I didn't look too deeply into his background but, from reading his stories, I reckon he's one of yours (Nairobi lot).

 

(Alpha would say uuf at this point).

 

p.s.

I quickly glanced over two of the stories. One is about a mentally disturbed lesbian and the other is about two gay men (all Somali).

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

Apophis;883029 wrote:

^^ how come you never hear about the " gay Somali bus driver" or "gay Somali warehouse worker"; it's always writer, dancer "artists" etc

Why would you ever hear about a bus driver or a warehouse worker anything?

 

NG this creative young man is a credit to you English Somalis, the states (that includes you Canada) are full of dull people.

[NGONGE]

 

 

A woman who used to be homeless and with a history of self-harming told today how Prince Charles’s charity transformed her life.

 

 

 

Naima Swaleh, 21, who suffered from depression and made suicide attempts as a teenager, now has a full-time job and works to inspire other young people with her story.

 

She has been nominated for a Prince’s Trust award, which is supported by the Evening Standard, to recognise young people who have turned their lives around against the odds and become role models for teenagers in London.

 

Ms Swaleh, from Stratford, is now a Young Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, and travels the country helping to raise money and awareness of the charity. She said: “Without the Prince’s Trust I would be on the dole somewhere, sitting around sleeping all day. It changed my life in so many ways and gave me so much confidence.”

 

Naima was born in Somalia and moved to Britain at the age of four. Her home life was strict and she began self-harming. At the age of 15 she took an overdose. She became depressed and made a second suicide attempt.

 

At 16 she ran away from home and ended up sleeping on the streets. At her lowest ebb she almost attempted suicide again, but was persuaded to get in touch with the Prince’s Trust by a youth advice service.

 

She said: “I was feeling very depressed and hopeless. I couldn’t see a future for myself. I was sitting there just crying and thought, ‘I need to change my life’. ” Ms Swaleh enrolled in a personal development course run by the charity which was the turning point she needed. She was so successful she was asked to be an ambassador and the presentations she gives have reduced hardened gang members to tears. Ms Swaleh, who now works in a clothes shop, said: “I don’t want people thinking they are the only ones going through something. They can always change their lives.

 

“I was born in a tent in Somalia. My mum had to do everything for us. I thought I would never be anything.”

 

Dermot Finch, regional director for the Trust in London and the South-East, said: “The Standard shares our ambition to tackle youth unemployment, helping disadvantaged young Londoners into work.

 

“We are thrilled that the Standard is supporting the Young Ambassador Award at this year’s Prince’s Trust & Samsung Celebrate Success Awards. All of our incredible finalists prove that it is possible to achieve great things, no matter what background you’ve had.”

 

The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Southampton today and will go on to a national final.

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/i-was-homeless-and-suicidal-but-princes-trust-saved-my-life-8381253.html