lost boys found...

in the havens of facebook of all places! A friend of mine allerted me to this new piece of information upon which I googled it and came across Fox news and this anti-terrorism blogsite where indeed FBI officials have confirmed some of the Somali-American boys who disappeared after they were recruited by Al-Shabab have shown up on facebook. This leads me to ponder wherever they are, they can't be that captive (as some somali alarmists here like to make out) if they're all up on facebook amongst probably other places on the Net. It leads me to further reiterate that these boys have definitely disappeared at their own discretion whether radicalisation took place or not nobody held a gun to their head. They went voluntarily and is actually a scarier dimension of the issue. It also leads me to think they must not be that secluded if they're in places where there is internet access. So the real issue is if in fact those kids pose a threat to the American national security if they come back, especially since they're apparently being trained by an anti-American terrorist group and hold American citizenships. Furthermore Somali people need to create awareness amongst each other and start paying attention to their kids' whereabouts so that more boys don't disappear.

Moving right along I recently came across this UNESCO project about African history. The idea of the project is to have African history taught by African history professors and historians rather than westerners. Since the start of the project back in 1970 they've accumulated over 4 million years worth of research on African history and have written 9 volumes of books on the subject. They've now reached the stage of implementation; how can these books be implemented into African schools, universities and general education system. They're currently holding a conference tackling this phase. The facilitator who led most part of the project is surprisingly a Somali professor from Djibouti based in Paris. There was also another Somali history professor who used to teach at a university in St.Louis, Missouri who gave me an interview regarding the project. He elaborated on the essence of history and the impact it has on our lives and how this is taken for granted. I found it to be a breath of fresh air.

I have become officially hooked on Babylon, the hang out place that is about to become my next home-from-home. I went there last Saturday with a friend in tow. The place literally has everything one could possibly need to chill, whether it's a dancefloor with enigmatic music, buzzing crowd, shisha pipes, delicious food and TV screens with all the highlights from the English Premier League. Brilliant.
I've also finally joined the nearby gym and have started training regularly (these American sizes of food portion isn't doing anything for my figure!). I'm particularly enjoying a Latin aerobics class called Zuma which I take every Monday.

I actually need to sleep right now as it is virtually 1am in DC and I have to get up at 5am for work but I slept throughout this afternoon and my body feels spoiled for rest but I know it will come back and bite in the nose in the wee hours of the morning.
Lord help me!