Tag Archives: Somalia

My flag, my heart

By Abdiwali Ali Still blue, the indomitable Boycotted and Booed Bashed and buried But still blue Boughs broken but barren not yet Bruised bosoms but still bears some milk Ready to breastfeed its betrayers Still blue, the indomitable Its blue sea fed to the brim From broken bottles to barrels of uranium But still blue […]

Somalia in context

By Jahanzeb Hussain The latest catastrophe in the Horn of Africa should be placed in its proper context so that one may come to an understanding as to why the region has been regularly plagued by drought and famine. On the surface the disaster in Somalia appears to be a cruel work of nature, but […]