Posted on 07/20/2019 11:22:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh returned to Somalia in May to document what life is like in the African country. Her goal was simple: she wanted to show the world that Somalia wasn't as dangerous as everyone thought, despite the country's struggle with war and terrorist attacks.
Nalayeh took to Instagram to share her excitement, saying for the first time in 30 years she was living in Somalia.
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A post shared by Hodan Nalayeh (@hodantv) on Apr 30, 2019 at 9:23pm PDT
She frequently posted pictures that showed how beautiful Somalia is.
Thread: I’ve developed a passion for photography. Starting to take photos daily to share with my twitter fam??
Spent the day on the island of Ilisi near #Kismayo with the local young men who bring fish to our city. Incredible to witness their joy & love for fishing. #Somalia pic.twitter.com/4H1oowmUaJ— Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
The island of #Ilisi is an hour away from #Kismayo and only local fishermen live there. It’s so clean & breathtaking. A perfect place for a day swim with the family. #Somalia pic.twitter.com/xwnx05SpIo— Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
The catch of the day is not your ordinary fish, but lobsters ?? #Ilisi #Kismayo #Somalia pic.twitter.com/E6Wk6jWpK1— Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
How beautiful is this??
Dried fish is big business on the island of #Ilisi
They call this fish “Shabeelka Bada” (The tiger of the ocean) #Kismayo #Somalia #IndianOcean pic.twitter.com/ZO6AoC7E6p— Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
It was an incredible day to witness #Somalia’s beauty on the island of #Ilisi ?? #Kismayo #Somalia #MySomalia pic.twitter.com/KRr0AgGgtK— Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
But fast forward eight weeks later and Nalayeh is dead.
According to CNN, Nalayeh died when a terrorist attack took place in Kismayo, about 300 miles south of Mogadish, the capital. A suicide bomber had detonated a vehicle outside of the Asasey Hotel and multiple gunmen opened fire inside the hotel. Nalayeh was one of the 26 people who died at the hands of the gunmen. Her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, also died in the attack. Another 50 were injured.
The Islamist group al-Shabab took credit for the attack, which was the worst attack the city saw since 2012, BBC reported.
Nalayeh was born in Somalia in the 1970s but her family moved to Canada when she was six-years-old. She founded an a YouTube channel, called Integration TV, with the mission of "building a community of inspiring and uplifting stories for Somalis worldwide."
Her family took to Facebook to share the news and ask for privacy while mourning.
"She spent her life devoted to serving the Somali people and reporting on positive, uplifting stories. Her dedicated mission was to spread light and love to the Somali world through her work in journalism," the family said. "She died serving the Somali community everywhere and doing what she loved most. She brought inspiration and hope to the Somali people through story telling. She will be deeply missed."
Not a good choice for a remembrance photo, looks like she was beheaded
Africa wins again!
Well there ya go.
Inevitably, fantasy is canceled out by reality.
RIP.
She meant well, but sadly, she did show us exactly how safe Somalia is.
So long, and thanks for the fish.
Ilhan! Your people await you!
So does being dead.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
As long as liberals do things that only kill themselves, I’m okay with it. I feel badly briefly, but it doesn’t impact me if somebody goes hiking near the Iranian or North Korean border, or goes bicycling across a Muslim hell-hole. It’s when they get high up in government and make policies, like unlimited illegal immigration or spreading section 8 housing into formerly crime free neighborhoods, that I get upset.
The biggest problem with liberals is they are isolated from the effects of their policy decisions. Somebody with a Pilipino maid who does the shopping; somebody who sends their kids to a private school; somebody who lives in a gated community with their own police force; those are the people I fear getting into power. They can live in a fantasy world where every color of the rainbow is represented, except in their neighborhood. Let’s all sing Kumbaya.
It’s a sh!thole country.
It’s always thus with these humanitarian airheads. It would be nice if we could point to a place that values weakness. It just doesn’t exist.
She was the head of the family.
She let her enthusiasm for the real progress there has been in Somalia blind her to the reality that Somalia still has a long way to go.
Somalia now has a more or less functioning government, increased security and stability in Mogadishu and has made real progress in rebuilding institutions. But islamists guerillas from both Al-shabaab and ISIS still hold sway across significant chunks of rural Somalia and still retain the ability to conduct attacks/ raids across Somalia and elsewhere.
She did not realize that “better” does not mean “safe.”
Would have been ironic if it wasn’t so absolutely predictable.
That’s a shame. Did she take Omar with her?
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Womp womp
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