Harding, Andrew.
Summary: "In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud 'Tarzan' Nur--an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B NUR HARDINGIftin, Abdi Nor
Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 IFTContents: Daraadaa muxibo (Dur-Dur Band) -- Hab isii (Omar Shooli) -- Check up your head (Mukhtar R. Iidi) -- Geesiyada Halgamayow (Bakaka Band) -- Waakaa Helaa (F. Qassim & Shareero) -- Sirmaqabe (Iftin Band) -- Baayo (Mukhtar Ramadan Iidi) -- Hoobeya (Shimaali & Killer) -- Shaleedayaa ; Ladaney (Dur-Dur Band) --Godonimada jira (Bakaka Band) -- Ii ooy aniga (Iftin Band).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MOGMoore, Michael Scott
Summary: "With echoes of Catch-22 and Black Hawk Down, author and former hostage Michael Scott Moore masterfully walks a fine line between personal narrative and journalistic distance in this page-turning and novelistic account of 977 days held captive by Somali pirates. Moore set off for Somalia in January 2012 after reporting on a historic trial of ten Somali pirates in Germany. He went with an open...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave,, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.15 MOOHutchison, Patricia
Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Somali immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HUTFarah, Nuruddin
Summary: War in Somalia transforms a simple village girl into a self-confident woman who even swims and drives a car. She is Duniya, a widow with three children. By an English-speaking writer, author of Maps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARSummary: Based on a true story: as civil war rages in Mogadishu, rival North and South Korean diplomats are left trapped. With no aid from either government, their only shot at survival may require uniting with bitter adversaries to escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ESCBuchanan, Jessica.
Summary: An account of the aid worker co-author's dramatic January 2012 rescue from kidnappers in Somalia by members of a Navy SEAL Team Six unit offers insight into the effective use of targeted U.S. military missions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 BUCSalh, Shugri Said
Summary: "A fresh, captivating memoir about an indomitable woman's journey from her idyllic childhood with her nomadic grandmother in the deserts of Somalia to her escape from her country's brutal civil war and eventually to America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SALH, SHUGRI SAID SALPayne, Thymaya
Summary: Using audio recordings and found footage, depicts the capture of the crew of the Danish-owned merchant ship, the CEC Future, who were held hostage for two months by Somali pirates in 2008.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STOCatozzella, Giuseppe
Summary: Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CATFarah, Nuruddin
Summary: A Somali youth is torn between duty to family and country. On the one hand Askar, an orphan, should look after his foster mother, on the other he wants to be a man and emulate his father who died fighting the Ethiopians. By an English-speaking Somali writer, author of Secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARSummary: First compilation of its kind of recordings from Somalia before the civil war. The music was produced in the 1970s and 1980s when Somalia was under a socialistgovernment, no private record labels or producers. All music was only available through live performances or national radio broadcasts, so this is the first time it's being heard outside the immediate region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ostinato Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SWEDirie, Waris.
Summary: Fashion model and UN ambassador Waris Dirie recounts her life, from her roots as a desert nomad in Somalia, her escape from an arranged marriage, her modeling career, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virago 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.152 DIRIE, WARIS DIRFarah, Nuruddin
Summary: "A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist". (The New York Times Review of Books) A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Malik, a journalist intent on covering the region's ongoing turmoil. What greets them at first is not the chaos Jeebleh remembers, however, but an eerie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARLindhout, Amanda.
Summary: "The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia--a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary grace.At the age of eighteen, Amanda Lindhout moved from her hardscrabble Alberta hometown to the big city--Calgary--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINDHOUT, AMANDA LINJamieson, Victoria
Summary: "Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar's nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future ... but it would also mean leaving his brother, his only family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JAMJamieson, Victoria
Summary: "Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal offamily and daily life in a refugee camp"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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Contents: Volume 1, 1986, Ohiyee -- Yabaal -- Heelo -- Hiyeeley -- Aw Baahilowlow -- Doon Baa Maraysoo -- Salkuu Dhigey -- Haddii Aanan Gacaloy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DURYoung, Thomas W.
Summary: Colonel Michael Parson and his friend Sophia Gold fly relief supplies into Somalia despite the threats of an al-Shabaab leader to attack all aid missions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOULindhout, Amanda.
Summary: Amanda Lindhout's intimate account illuminates the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her abductors. Kept in chains, starved and abused, she survives by imagining herself in a "house in the sky," finding strength and hope in the power of her own mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Pr 2013
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Summary: "When two British intelligence agents are despatched to negotiate the release of a group of western hostages in Somalia, veteran MI6 operator Tom Vane realizes that something about this operation doesn't stack up. Unwilling to see two promising officers sacrificed in what he believes to be a suicide mission, he covertly hires deep cover specialist Marc Portman to protect them"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAGPeterson, Scott.
Summary: "As a foreign correspondent, Scott Peterson witnessed firsthand Somalia's descent into war and its battle against US troops, the spiritual degeneration of Sudan's Holy War, and one of the most horrific events of the last half century: the genocide in Rwanda. In Me Against My Brother, he brings these events together for the first time to record a collapse that has had an impact far beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960.329 PETMcCormick, Ty
Summary: "From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home. When Asad Hussein was growing up in the world's largest refugee camp, nearly every aspectof life revolved around getting to America-a distant land where anything was possible. Thousands of displaced families like his were whisked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021