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    Somali Culture

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    The Somali language is a beautiful language with a rich literature and spoken in Somalia‚ the Diaspora and the Somali regions of Kenya‚ Ethiopia‚ and Djibouti. The Somali language is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The Somali language (Latin alphabet) was officially written in 1972 and the Somali language became the official language of Somalia. The Somali literature‚ history‚ culture and traditional rules were

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    Somali Refugees

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    and leaving thousands more sick with fear or paled with concern‚ crises seem like problems of the past. Until today. Kenya has fallen ill with a crisis of their own: Somali refugees. With overpopulated camps and lack of adequate aid‚ Kenya feels it has no choice but to remove all refugees. Kenya’s possible forced removal of Somali refugees violates international and national refugee law by repatriating displaced peoples into a country classified as a “failed” state; therefore‚ the United States

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    “[J]ihad united Somali clans against a common enemy‚ the foreign “infidels‚” Ethiopian and European‚” according to Fae Miller in a study on the influences of Islam on Somali society (p. 58). While Jihad is only one aspect of Islam; Somalia has been a predominately Muslim country for centuries. It is impossible to examine Somali culture without appreciating the power of clan dynamics and religion and how pervasive they are. Miller’s observation depicts how Islam has been a unifying force susceptible

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    by emigrants from the region – Ethiopians‚ Kenyans‚ Yemenis and most notably Somalis – who report a mild‚ amphetamine-like high. Khat is legal in the UK‚ as are mafrishes‚ but spirited campaigns to outlaw it on health and social grounds have been galvanised in the past year by claims that terror cells are operating wherever khat is chewed‚ and that al-Shabaab is focusing its recruitment efforts on disenfranchised Somali youth with khat-addled minds. CNN said that reporters have been attacked while

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    The Impact of Globalization on Somali Culture Abstract Since its inception in 1960 when it gained independence from Britain and Italy respectively after the merger of former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland into what came to be known as the republic of Somalia‚ the impact of globalization on Somali culture has evidently been beneficial and detrimental in many aspects. The idea that a nation cannot progress economically without a strong central government does not coincide with the current

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    Somalia‚ or the Somali Republic‚ is a region in East Africa’s Horn of Africa that has been plagued with tragedy for hundreds of years. Somalia is not recognised as an official country‚ and is governed by the Transitional Forces Government. For more than 2‚500 years‚ Somalia has been inhabited by a range of ethnic groups‚ but the Somalian people led an independent government until the rise of European colonialism in the 1800s. In the late 1880s‚ Somalia was conquered and divided into three separate

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    Running Head: WELL CHILD CARE FOR A REFUGEE SOMALI BANTU FAMILY Well Child Care for a Somali Bantu Family Community This project consisted of the Somali Bantu refugees living in the Tennessee Village Community in Nashville‚ TN. Within this population set‚ the subset includes families with children aged 12 months and younger. It is estimated that 8-12‚000 Somali Bantu will to arrive in the US in the 2003-2004 year (USDS:IIP‚ 2003). Of this 8-12‚000 refugees‚ the students of Belmont

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    churches‚ mosques‚ etc. the religion being practiced can bring people together because they have the same beliefs and similar lifestyles. Religion is also setting a boundary in some peoples lives. People might think that people should not associate with people of different religions. Religion can also put a strong boundary in some lives because they come with a set of rules to abide to and most believers of said religion will base their lives around those rules. Bonds over religion can be very strong between

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    Religion

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    Essay Questions: 1. What is a religion?  You’ve read our textbook author’s definition; use that definition as a starting point to go further. The word “religion” is such a broad word that to this day there is no one definition that can satisfy all religions. For the time being‚ it is better to simply be open to many possible definitions‚ without embracing any single one. Different people especially in different religions will all have a difference in opinion when trying to use

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    Religion

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    What Religion is Religion comes in many forms‚ many ideas‚ thoughts‚ and many different beliefs. According to Julian Huxley “Religion is a way of life founded upon the apprehension of sacredness in existence (Molly 2010).” The definition of religion has multiple meanings to all types of different people. There is also more than one belief in just one god itself. “Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause‚ nature‚ and purpose of the universe‚ especially when considered as the creation of

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