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Local resident Muse ’Aw Saeed outside a cave with rock art near the village of Daymoole, Somaliland, in October. The paintings in the area’s caves are fading. (Mustafa Saeed for The Washington ...
NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich turns us on to lesser known corners of music from 2024: blooming drone-folk, richly textured jazz, Somali garage-rock, medieval metal and a bittersweet farewell ...
NAIROBI — A series of car bombs killed at least 20 people Friday in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in attacks claimed by the al-Shabab extremist group. At least three bombs exploded outside a ...
The free mini hut workshops offered at the Chocolate Church Art Center served as a tool for potential healing past traumas. A Minnesota-based Somali multimedia artist and playwright shared her ...
Then and Now: Somali Stories through Art is at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Reedy Gallery. This exhibit is a collection of artworks in various media by three Somali artists.
Bombs, gunfight rock Somali capital, killing dozens By Omar Nor and Joe Sterling, CNN 2 minute read Updated 7:21 AM EST, Sat February 24, 2018 Link Copied! Residents ...
Soomaali Baan Ahay, “I Am Somali”, the art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, will be the topic of a local conversation as an artist and the curator from the MIA visit Central ...
Researchers last documented the tiny Somali sengi in 1968. And there's a lot more to learn. "We know now that it is for sure a rock-dwelling Sengi," Heritage said.
Two new Somali wild asses are now on display at the Little Rock Zoo.Somali wild asses are critically endangered, meaning the probability of extinction in the wild is at least 50 percent within 10 ...
This week Art Hounds recommend an exhibition of Somali art at Mia, "Ballast" at Mixed Blood Theatre and a puppet-filled celebration of the lowly onion at Farm Fest in Duluth.
The SEA Family Board selected the award recipients; categories included movies, sports, music and art that honored local Somali talent, even a Best Promoter and Best DJ category. Jeylani Omar won Best ...
Centuries have passed since Neolithic artists swirled red and white colour on the cliffs of northern Somalia, painting antelopes, cattle, giraffes and hunters carrying bows and arrows. Today, the ...