Aka operation solomon authored by Stephen Spector, a book that chronicles the rescue of Ethiopian Jews as they journeyed back to the homeland of their ancestors; Israel. Operation Solomon was the mission that Israel undertook in May 1991 when they airlifted over 140000 Ethiopian Jews. The book details the rescue mission itself which took around a day and a half and caused many sufferings and degradation to the Ethiopian Jews, who longed for a 'time of redemption' wel over a millenia.
So I've finally finished my UK prison report about a month ago but still waiting for its airtime, I felt like I gave a small birth; I had to sit through 3 hours of audio much of it being ramblings and folks offloading their complaints about the British justice system only to extract a half hour report but I'm happy with the end result.
A new envoy has been appointed by the Somali government to the US; Abukar Arman. He's a writer and very active within the political/activism sphere but in all honesty I can't help but remain watchful from a pessimistic point of view. I have a lot of respect for Arman and his many accomplishments pave the way for him to be a role model for many aspiring Somalis looking to give back to their communities. However it seems the tide is against him and given the fact that the US has only ever been orally supportive or from a humanitarian perspective, one must look at what the potential progress is that this appointment can make. The task at hand seems extremely overwhelming and with the Somali community known for their lack of unity, I wonder how much support he can rally up to achieve any of his goals.
My humouristic love affair with Americans continued as I stood in line not too long ago to withdraw money from an ATM machine. The lady in front of me approached the machine and as she withdrew her money she started screaming on top of her lungs 'I won, I won' and skipped away! Was she on something, dared to do that as a crazy joke or was it just for the sheer amuzement of her fellow cash-withdrawers I don't know, but everyone in line sure had something to laugh about for a long while lol!
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