somalia

After he asks Allah for guidance and protection so he can find a better home for his family in drought-stricken Somalia, Igal Shidad discovers that his prayers have been answered.

Painter Crowe and his team of elite operatives are recruited on a mission to rescue a pregnant American, who is the daughter of the president and has been kidnapped by Somali pirates, and, as Commander Gray Pierce and his team search the jungles of Africa, it becomes clear the woman is a pawn in a plot involving a priceless icon that holds terrifying powers.

An autobiography of Dr. Hawa Abdi who founded a camp for displaced people from Mogadishu, Somalia saving countless women and children whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty.

An authoritative account of the Somali region, its history and the story of the Islamic extremists operating there today cites the high human cost of the region's clan-based civil war while explaining how current activities are directly threatening world security.

A personal story of female genital mutilation. Mire reveals what it means to grow up in a traditional Somali family, where girls' and women's basic human rights are violated on a daily basis. She describes FGM is the ultimate child abuse, a ritual of mutilation handed down from mother to daughter and protected by the word "culture.".

A collection of stories from the history and traditions of Somalia.

Biography of Aman, a Somali woman, telling of her experiences in a world in which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs, subject to the whims of male relatives, yet aware of the loopholes that lead to freedom.

Presents the English and Somali translations of a Somali folktale in which the hungry animals of the Somali forest work together to kill a big fat camel and must find a way to divide the food equally.

Examines the lives, tactics, and motives of Somali pirates, draws links between the pirates, their financiers, and the al-Shabaab Islamist extremists, and traces the source of the pirate problem to the chaos, clans, and violence in Somalia.