That is the name of the recent Al-Amriki wannabe who wanted to join Al-Shabab in Somalia. Osman, an American with apparently no last name was held up at the Kenya-Somalia border where Kenyan officials put him in custody. This is the joke that is dubbed the 'jihad war' in Somalia!
On a lighter note I enjoyed doing my Diaspora program today where I covered the lives and plights of the Somali refugees living in the Dadaab camps in Kenya. I was moved by the conditions those people lived in and how couragous they were to still engage in various activities and try to live somewhat of a normal life. I spoke with this lady, who has a mentally disturbed child and is surrounded by single mothers with different types of disabilities including blindness but still manage to raise their children without the fathers being around. She shared with me how they support each other through this women's organisation they set up where they get together and sow quilts and handmade fans to then sell to the public. They also support each other physically, the ones with sight helping those who are blind and the ones with limbs helping those without. This lady is also a profound poet and she gave me a few precious minutes of a poem she wrote detailing the harsh conditions of their lives in Kenya. I was so moved.
By the way why do Somalis butcher English names so horribly?!! And they insist on being experts on how to pronounce these names going to the extend of claiming 'they know so-and-so personally'. For heaven's sake; we're broadcasters, get the names right before going on air!!
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