Salma Bile was interested in pursuing a career in medicine, but didn’t think she could become a doctor. “In my culture, girls get married pretty young, normally,” she said. Then, in high school, with ...

WASHINGTON — Somali immigrants living in Minnesota effectively stole more than $1 billion in taxpayer money over the last five years, The New York Times reported Sunday. In what White House Press ...

The largest Somali community in the U.S. is finding itself the subject of unwanted attention in the wake of criminal investigations and attacks from the Trump administration. Abdi Samatar left Somalia ...

As the sirens wailed and the police helicopter buzzed, Samatar Mohiadin opened the rear passenger door of the Ford Focus and jumped. He sprinted into the night, hopping a fence into the backyard of a ...

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Poetry has long played an indispensable role in Somali social and political life. But what happens to poetry when people are uprooted by war and communities are displaced – temporally, geographically ...

Mogadishu — Somalia - The Prime Minister of Somalia has dismissed Yusuf Abdirahman Samatar from his position as Director-General of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change following a series of ...

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Amal El-Mohtar Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It's a challenge facing health care workers. There's a lack of personal protective equipment for Muslim women. Now, two Minnesota respiratory therapists are breaking barriers in the ...

While putting a tube in a patient’s body to protect his airway, Yasmin Samatar inadvertently ended up getting messy. “The end (of the tube) was accidentally not closed and stomach contents went all ...

Our columnist takes a look at recent books by Sofia Samatar, Vajra Chandrasekera and Emet North. By Amal El-Mohtar Amal El-Mohtar is the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist. She is a ...

Minneapolis city leaders and residents came together Thursday to mark the opening of Samatar Crossing — a former freeway ramp converted into a crossing for pedestrians and bicycles and connecting ...