Kiin Hassan Fakat

Jul 15, 2024 | msn.com | Kiin Hassan Fakat |Mary Harper

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Jul 15, 2024 | bbc.com | Kiin Hassan Fakat |Mary Harper

Inside the beauty pageant in the world’s worst place to be a womanBy Kiin Hassan Fakat & Mary Harper, MogadishuShukri Mohamed AbdiWinner Aisha Ikow wants to promote girls' educationWhile many people in Somalia squeezed into cafes and homes on Sunday night to watch the Euro football final, hundreds of Mogadishu’s most stylish residents gathered in the beachside Elite Hotel for another competition: Miss Somalia.

Apr 4, 2024 | missingperspectives.com | Kiin Hassan Fakat

In Somaliland, the idea of women and sport doesn’t often go together. But one girls’ basketball team is determined to spread their love of the game, despite societal pushback. By Kiin Hassan Fakat, Bilan MediaFor many Somalis, the idea of women and sport simply doesn’t go together. There is immense prejudice against women playing sports that can turn into open hostility. This was the core challenge faced by the Hiil Hableed girls’ basketball team in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa.