Tag: Somali Records

Yusuf Qaafow, Somali-Australian Pro Basketball Player

Yusuf Qaafow (born June 19, 1987) is a Somali professional basketball player.

At a professional level, he played for the Melbourne Tigers and then the Brisbane Spartans from 2009 until 2017, and has since been a basketball coach running his own academy called the Hard Knockz Academy.

Abdi was born in Somalia and moved to Australia where he began playing basketball at the age of 12.

He opted to represent his country of birth, Somalia national basketball team where he was born in 1987.

As a captain of the Somalia national football team throughout the 2010s, he has served as the nations longest served team captain thus far.

 Qaafow has claimed that he aims to take Somalia back to its team high of 1981 when it won the bronze medal at FIBA Africa, or its stable period in 1992 when Somalia last took part at FIBA Africa before the imminent absent spell for many years thereafter.

source/content: en.wikipedia.org

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pix: hardknockzacademy.com.au

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AUSTRALIAN / SOMALI

Deqa Dhalac, First Black Mayor of a small coastal US city – South Portland, Maine : December 2021

Deha Dhalac. Community Activist. Community Leader.

South Portland’s other city councilors, who are all White, elected her in a unanimous vote. The 4th largest city in Maine, is the whitest state in the country and South Portland is 90% White.

In 2018, she ran against a local business owner and won, making history as the first African American and first Muslim elected to the council.

In 2020, she ran unopposed for a second term. The city council selects from among its members who will be mayor, and in November, her colleagues unanimously supported her nomination.

Education / Community Work highlights:

  • Master’s Degree in Development Policy and Practice, University of New Hampshire 
  • Master’s Degree in Social Work, University of New England
  • Past Program Manager for The Center for Grieving Children
  • Former South Portland Schools Community Builder for the Opportunity Alliance
  • Somali Community Center of Maine
  • Board president of the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition
  • Board member of the Maine Women’s Fund
  • Family Engagement and Cultural Responsiveness Specialist with the Maine Department of Education
  • South Portland City Council, District 5 Representative

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pix: Twitter / @NewAmericanLd , New American Leaders

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AMERICAN / SOMALI

Rawdah Mohamed is the First Hijab-Wearing Editor of Color at a Western Fashion Magazine ‘Vogue Scandinavia’

Rawdah Mohamed. Somali Origin – Norwegian. Social media influencer, model, blogger, activist, healthcare professional.

Mohamed landed the role as Vogue Scandinavia’s Norway fashion editor earlier this year. 

The magazine launched last week with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on the front cover.

At the beginning of her modeling career, Mohamed juggled the job with working with autistic people and people with different mental disabilities.

She continues to volunteer in mental health care to this day and has been working with patients at overstretched hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

source/content: arabnews.com

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Rawdah Mohamed is the first hijab-wearing editor of color at a western fashion magazine. (Ole Martin Halvorsen) / arabnews.com

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NORWAY / SOMALIA

Saba Anglana – Actress and Singer

Saba Anglana . Italian TV actress. International Singer.

Saba is an actress on Italian television. In a popular local TV series entitled La Squadra, she played a policewoman of dual Somali-Italian heritage.

Saba released her first studio album entitled Jidka: The Line, (2007) in which she mixes the traditional sounds of her native Somalia with contemporary Italian.

www.sabaanglana.com

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pix: rhythmpassport.com

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ITALIAN / SOMALI-ITALIAN

Omar Fateh – Wins Seat in Minnesota State Senate (US) : November 2020

Omar Fateh, first generation american won a seat in the general election of the Minnesota State Senate for the 62nd District , on November 03rd, 2020 . He assumes offfice on January 05th, 2021.

Graduate of George Mason University.

www.omarfateh.org

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pix: southwestjournal.com

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AMERICAN / SOMALI AMERICAN

First Somali-American Safiya Khalid elected to Maine City Council, USA : January 2020

Safiya Said Khalid (aka) Safiya Khalid . Politician.

Member of Lewiston, Maine City Council (January 06th, 2020) .

  • First Somali-American elected to the Lewiston City Council, Maine
  • Youngest ever at age 23, elected to the City Council of Lewiston (Ward 1), Maine

Work:

Gateway Community Services of Maine, Community Coordinator
Maine Democratic Party, Grassroots Organizer
Maine State House, Clerk
Maine Department of Labor, Intern

Education:

B.A. – Psychology, University of Southern Maine

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pix: twitter

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AMERICAN / SOMALI-AMERICAN

Abdi Jama – Somali British Wheel Chair Basketball Player : U.K.

Abdi Jama (aka) Abdillah Jama is Basketball player playing for Britain and Clubs.

Currently plays and trains for ‘Wolverhampton Rhinos’, West Midlands.

Records:

  • 2011 – European Championship, Nazareth, Israel – Team won Gold medal
  • 2009 – European Championship, Adana, Turkey – Team won Bronze medal
  • 2008 – Represented Great Britain ‘2008 Paralympic games’, Beijing – Team won Bronze medal
  • 2007 – European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, Wetzlar, Netherlands – Team won Silver medal

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pix: enabled.in

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UNITED KINGDOM (U.K) / SOMALIA / SOMALI-BRITISH