Mogadishu, The World’s Most Dangerous City
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This is the remarkeable story of conjoined twins Pheinbom and Shevoboh from Cameroon. The sisters were born with a life threatening rare condition. Both sisters needed expert surgery to seperate them in order to improve their chances of survival. The parents whom are from a small farming village could clearly not afford it and started an internet appeal. The Saudi king offered to help them with all costs and flown them to Saudi Arabia to help. After succesfull surgery they returned to their village. Now three years on the whole village nearly transformed. read the full story here
Continue Reading...Hey guys, I fell over this recoding this morning and felt like sharing it. I won’t say much about the video other than it was released yesterday and I think you and everyone you know should watch it. Share your thoughts here.
Continue Reading...This is CNN’s inside Africa taking a look at the vibrant Somali community in Minnesota, United States. The report is in three parts, click continue to see the rest of the report.
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Continue Reading...Aduunyo.com has decided to go on the streets of UK and collect the various views of our people and bring it together for you. With Aduunyo.com’s first “One Question Documentary” they asked the question “How do you think Somalia will be in 2020 (10 years from now)?”
Continue Reading...I didn’t realise that we were doing something right in Somalia, maybe there is purpose to all the chaos there? It’s good that this guy can see the bright side of what is happening in Somalia today.
Continue Reading...This is a new movie coming out soon in the cinemas, the director of the movie is a Somali brother called Mo Ali.
Shank is set in a decaying future London, where territory is controlled by roving gangs, who battle over control of food.[6] When being shot at the Heygate Estate in Walworth, South London during September 2009, neighbors complained about the film’s violent depiction of gangs and turf wars.
Continue Reading...This story is of a little girl named Bar`ah who is 10 years old, her parents were doctors who moved to Saudi Arabia in search of better life.
At this age, Bar`ah memorized the whole Quran with tajweed, she was very intelligent, her teacher use to tell her she should be in middle school not primary school.
Her family was small and committed to Islam and its teachings…. suddenly one day the mother started feeling sever abdominal pain, after tests and checkups she found out that she has cancer, but in its late stages.
The mother thought she should tell her daughter, specially if she wakes up one day and didn’t find her mother beside her… so she told her: “Bar`ah I will go to paradise ahead of you, but I want you to read the Quran you memorized every day since it will protect you in this life…”
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Continue Reading...“Think Again” is a thought-provoking film that follows a 12-year-old’s struggle between family honour and the facts about FGM. On discovering that her mom wants to take her back home to be ‘cut’ she explores the implications FGM has on her life and the misconceptions that explain why the practice persists in the 21st century.
“Think Again” depicts the cultural context in which FGM is practiced and the inter-generational conflict of holding down tradition in a new and foreign environment. The physical and psychological impact of FGM is ongoing, life-long and remains taboo to discuss even between mother and daughter. “Think Again” addresses a complex issue with sensitivity and creativity, breaking the silence and inspiring change.
Continue Reading...Over the past several years, there’s been no shortage of talk about alternative energy, and its potential to change the world, the problem is that most of it is just that — talk. Well, recently a report that aired on 60 Minutes showed one alternative that is not only real, it’s already being tested by companies such as Google and eBay.
Bloom Energy
are producing tiny fuel cell boxes they call “Bloom Boxes.” Two of these can apparently power a U.S. home (and only one for homes in countries that use less power). So how small are they? Watch the below video, each device isn’t much bigger than a standard brick.
What do you think? Could Bloom Boxes power the future?
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