Recent Posts Tagged With 'Somalia'

• A Somali Refugee’s Story

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 10:27 in Somalia, refugee, salat mberwa

  This blog has been submitted by ICC representative Sylvia Thompson. Salat Mberwa grabbed his bloody shoulder and winced.  Never before had he felt such pain–such agony.  Mberwa’s quivering thumb tried to plug the bullet hole in his shou...

• Silence Him! - Somali Christian Killed For Asking for Translation

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 14:42 in Wedding, Islam, arabic, Somalia, somali, christian persecution

  Nur took the soft cloth infused with black polish and began to shine his shoes.  His agile fingers made skillful circles around the heel of his loafers–an exercise his hands had performed many times before.  Somewhere in the distance a clock ...