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Interesting insight of the kidnapping issues in Algeria

Hostages are getting saved for the first time.

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This is me

Name: Sihaam Idil

Goes to Abaarso Tech of Science and Technology

Grade: 12

Job: Student/tutor

Favorite food: Oreos

The best book I read by far: The Cider House Rues

Favorite Sport: Basketball (I am on my school’s basketball team), running too.

“THE CLIMB” by Miley Cyrus describes me the best 

I love playing board games and cards

Hobbies: Debating, Singing, dancing(salsaJ), Reading.

The best poem of ALL times

      God grant me the serenity

      To accept the things I cannot change;

      Courage to change the things I can;

      And the wisdom to know the difference…..

By Reinhold Niebuhr

Future expectations: I want to go to medical school and become a pediatrician (my biggest dream since childhood) and this is why I believe I can do great in this field.

When I was 11, a nice little girl called Ayaan used live next door house. One night, Ayaan wasn’t acting like her normal self. Nobody knew what was wrong with her, but I figured out very quickly that she wasn’t able to move her hand. I checked her hand and there was rubber band tied onto her hand very tightly. Her hand turned black and the blood circulation through her hand was very bad at this point. I then took the rubber band off her hand and they took her to a doctor. The doctor told her mom that they bring her the right time to him and that she would be fine. It was then when I decided that I want to be a doctor and that I can make a great one.

 

 

 

Why there are fewer women than men in field of the politics’?

Some choices that we make in life don’t just affect us personally; they affect so many people after us too. Just because a few women gave up on their rights, hopes and wishes caused huge problems. Others stuck with these problems but you know what life isn’t about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself.

            Life is very short and it will be gone before you have enjoyed it if you feel responsible for everything. Feeling responsibility for their families is the main cause that fewer women are in fields of politics. That resulted in a lack of women’s opinions in the government and in all types of politics. Not only that but for the most of the time their families don’t appreciate that all of the things they give up is for their own families good. On top of that families believe that what they are doing is what they supposed to do and that it isn’t something they are doing for themselves or for their families.

             There is no rule, law, or religion that mentions or states that men are more capable at politics than women. In my opinion, I think that women are more determined and capable than men. Look at the courage of our young women who join the army and fight to inspire all of us and indeed inspire the free world and those who are yearning for freedom and peace in the home. In many societies women are more effective than men. For example, in Somaliland men chew Qat and caused problems, where women solve, not just family problems, but also problems throughout the country.

            Nothing is impossible! Women are like air, we all can’t live one second without air. No one is perfect including men. I’m not perfect! Are you? In terms of who is close of being perfect I would say women, because they guardians. They provide food and help for the poor during the droughts while men prefer to chew Qat. They try their best to do what they think could help. Do they deserve to take a big part in the government and politics in general? Absolutely YES for our own good and development. I’m really a happy person, but the situation of women in general makes me feel sad. I think that it is like a beautiful sadness, because I see change happening in the very near future.

            Just keep in mind there are still billions of people left in the world that could make you even more successful and help you reach where you want to be. Don’t mind those who don’t believe in you, didn’t trust you, and talk behind your back. It simply means that you are two steps ahead of them. Fight for what you want, politics is very important because it is an important part of your country’s development. Don’t give up on it. I hope societies in different parts of the world specially Somali societies will open their minds and support women in politics.

Catastrophic election!

Voting is important but for people like me who live in places like Somaliland, it is not all that important. Most of the time, your vote does not matter for many reasons.  Sometimes one might vote more than 2 or 3 times which makes your vote useless. Most of the time, people sell their vote and people always would vote for their family/relatives and not for the one who can do good things for the community. What is the point of voting if you can’t guarantee whether your vote will make any change in the future or not?

Somaliland is one of the places where voting has no meaning because no matter who you vote for the person who the current government wants wins. The way governors do their work is exactly the way citizens do when voting. Governors provide jobs for only family members and relatives just like citizen’s vote for family members and relatives.

This last election, I was standing for 5 hour in a line waiting to vote but what difference did it made. One of the guys from the voting booth told me that I already vote therefore can’t vote AGAIN. I did not know what to say when I heard “again” so I quickly got out of the room. I wasn't the first person they send out saying you already vote. Later I heard that the reason they were sending people out and saying you already voted was because the voting sheets were finished. But honestly what was the point of lying?! Why lie to citizens and say you all voted when the fault is yours?! I am not scared of saying this in public because I feel bad about getting deceived by the election committee.

            That was the first time in my life I attempted to vote. I was expecting that it going to be good experience that I will PROUD of talking about it in 10 years, but unfortunately it was not good. It made me draw a conclusion about the whole voting process and the government too. It is a shame for a citizen to be disappointed in their government.

Yesterday, December 6^th, the results of this election mentioned above came out. Many people were unhappy with the results which created an upraised and gun shots. Things were very bad in parts of Hargeisa last night. Two guys got killed and others got injured. This is how tragic the election result was and how bad people didn't trust the election committee by accusing them of corruption. Citizens don’t trust the election committee and government and that is what caused rebellion.

You can’t Stripe away my rights!

 

Censoring the Internet has been a big issue that affects the worldwide population every day. Every day, millions of people post millions of blogs on website, stating their opinion freely. They are acting upon their constitutional right of freedom of speech. Censoring the Internet infringes on our basic rights, and we shouldn’t be trialed for what we say

Eskinder Nega was an Ethiopian journalist and blogger that was jailed several times by the Meles Zenawi government with charges of terrorism and treason.[1] He was first arrested in 2005, after the Ethiopian elections because he posted a post on his blog that said he believed that Meles Zenawi rigged the elections in his favor. Soon after it was posted, he was arrested for criminal offense towards the constitution. He was jailed because he was expressing how he felt on his blog.

The fact that he was jailed for expressing his beliefs showed that the Ethiopian government went against the constitution to protect themselves and they are in the wrong. He was acting upon his basic right, and he should be able to do so without fearing any wrong backlash he might get. He was wrongly jailed, and that demonstrates that censoring the Internet past the borderline of invasion.

I am not the only one to be against such madness. Tumbler openly spoke out about its disadvantages.[2]They posted their representatives numbers, so that the users could contact them with their opinions and “say no”. They used that as a method to encourage people to stand up for their rights and not let the government take control what they can or cannot say on the web. They feel that they are being stepped on and stripped away of their constitutional right.

As you see, I am not the only one who thinks this way. If a popular website believes in my thought, I must be right. Censoring used to be for communist countries, but now that wave of too much government power has hit the new world, and we must stop it before it gets out of hand.

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[1] BBC News. “Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega honoured,” 2 May 2012.

“http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17921950”

[2]http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2011/11/16/tumblr-speaks-up-about-internet-censorship/