A Somali-Canadian journalist returned to Somalia to tell ‘uplifting’ stories. Then terrorists killed her.

By artappraiser on Sun, 07/14/2019 - 2:19am |

“Hodan noticed the people bathing in the ocean, the orchards in the courtyards, and the radiance of the setting sun, and she knew those were stories, too.”
-A tribute to the brilliant, fearless and incredible Hodan Nalayeh- the storyteller of Somalia:
https://t.co/r7V4N2iwHK
— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) July 13, 2019

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/13/somali-canadian-journalist-returned-somalia-tell-uplifting-stories-then-terrorists-killed-her/?utm_term=.51169c2dc86d

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I am amazed that it is still possible to find suicide bombers for these operations, though I note that in this case they only had one of those and the rest were gunmen following the "martyr": The attack went on for 14 hours, and it began on Friday night local time when a suicide car bomb destroyed the entrance gate at the Asasey Hotel and at least four gunmen were able to enter, according to the AP.

An attack in Somalia's port city of Kismayo over the weekend killed 26 people, including the prominent Canadian-Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh, who returned to her native country with a mission to tell its overlooked stories. https://t.co/1nbiks4GB9
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2019

#UN chief condemns terrorist attack on hotel in southern #Somalia, which killed at least 26 people and injured 56 others https://t.co/GnyRg84qsd pic.twitter.com/QuNDHqZ3eY
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) July 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/14/2019 - 2:26am

From the BBC, here is another piece on Hodan Nalayeh, for those who can't access WaPo:

Hodan Nalayeh: Somalia's 'inspirational' journalist, killed in Kismayo https://t.co/HjW60L5tBL
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/14/2019 - 2:32am

A Somali-Canadian journalist returned to Somalia to tell ‘uplifting’ stories. Then terrorists killed her.

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