Somali Faces
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Type of site | Photoblog |
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| Owner | Mohammed Ibrahim Shire |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | January 1, 2016 |
| Current status | Online |
Somali Faces is a non-profit organization[1] that shares everyday stories of ordinary Somali people from around the world. It was founded by Mohammed Ibrahim Shire, a storyteller, an author and an academic. The organization has over 103,000 followers on Facebook[2] and around 28,800 followers on Instagram[3] as of September 2022.
Their mission is to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for advancement of education and interests of social welfare in areas of recreation or other leisure activities. It is mainly aimed for the younger generation of the Somalian community in the UK who are in need of such facilities by reason of age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life, sickness and distress and to advance education for the benefit of people.[4]
Blog
Somali diaspora
Mohammed & Donia started the Somali Faces platform in January 2016. They have travelled across Europe and Americas by initially focused on Somalis living in the Diaspora. This allowed them to narrate the Diaspora experience in the face of perpetual negativity of Somalis in the media.
Somalis in Somalia
Following this, they have started touring the Horn of Africa visiting many remote villages and towns in Somalia and Somaliland to capture the human stories.
Humanitarianism
In January 2017, following the gang rape of two Somali girls in Galdogob, Somalia, and the subsequent release of the video footage, Somali Faces raised emergency funds online to resettle the two families.[5]
Awards
- 2018: International Somali Award, Innovative category, 2018 International Somali Awards for Somali Faces.[6]
References
- ^ ""Project shows true face of Somalis"". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ""Somaliske hverdagsfortællinger"". Globalnyt (in Danish). 23 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ""Gesichter Somalias"". Welt-Sichten. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016. - ^ "Somali Faces". Facebook.
- ^ "somalifaces". Instagram.
- ^ network, Ndesanjo Macha for Global Voices, part of the Africa (2016-04-19). "'We'll make our country great again': project shows true face of Somalis". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "Outrage over Somali gang-rape video". BBC News. 17 January 2017.
- Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith (18 January 2017). "Gang rape video on Facebook of 16-year-old girl sparks outrage". The Independent.
- Migiro, Katy. "Somali gang rape video sparks call for justice, not fine of camels". Reuters UK. - ^ "Innovative Award". International Somali Awards. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
General references
- Ibrahim Shire, Mohammed (23 May 2016). "Ni pirates, ni réfugiés, ni terroristes : portraits de Somaliens contre les clichés". France24 (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Thirty Years Looking for Mum". BBC. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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- Somali culture
- Photoblogs
- Facebook groups
- Internet properties established in 2016