Soomaaliya is one of few cookbooks to examine Somali food and how conflict has reshaped it across the diaspora On a video call from Brooklyn, between stops on her book tour, Ifrah F Ahmed is drinking ...

When Ifrah F. Ahmed arrived in Seattle from Somalia with her family in 1996, she was a five-year-old refugee. Growing up, she learned about the culinary traditions of her homeland from her mother, ...

You can learn a lot about another culture by cooking its food. Travel is great, and I love patronizing restaurants opened by immigrant chefs who send enticing smells and savory dishes out of their ...

The cookbook author and chef Ifrah F. Ahmed turned her mom’s mission — preserving a culinary tradition — into her own. By Ifrah F. Ahmed In Somali culture, knowledge is passed down orally — through ...

Growing up, Ifrah F. Ahmed never planned on becoming a chef. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Ahmed came to the US as a child after the start of the Somali Civil War. In 1996, her family was resettled in ...

After Ifrah F. Ahmed arrived as a child in Seattle from Mogadishu in 1996, she found comfort and community at a Somali restaurant in Tukwila called Marwa. “Having a restaurant like Marwa in our new ...

As Ugandans go to the polls they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters.

The Somaliland region goes to the polls on Wednesday in its sixth presidential election. The region, legally a part of Somalia, unilaterally declared independence in 1993 but has not been recognised ...

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An electoral official says Somalia has decided to delay its presidential election for a fourth time amid allegations of fraud and intimidation. Ads By Google The vote had been set for Wednesday, but ...