The organization was started in 2008 to help children in Somali refugee families graduate high school.
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Musse plans a memorial and a youth shelter in Jigjiga
Maine Somali leader said she won’t let shooter defeat her quest to help people
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Maine community rallied to help save Fowsia Musse after shooting
After being shot in Ethiopia, Musse needed advanced care only available in America.
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Timeline
1982 — Fowsia Musse is born in Somalia 1989 — Fleeing the violence in Somalia, Musse moves with her family to the Somali regional state in neighboring Ethiopia 1995 — Musse, one of nine children, arrives in the United States as a refugee at the age of 14. 2019 — Juweriya Subcis is chosen for […]
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Gunman who killed Somali lawmaker faces execution
Authorities in Ethiopia announced the man’s conviction but provided little more information.
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Fowsia Musse recounts how she survived a shooting spree in Ethiopia
Somali leader in Lewiston nearly died in an airport during a family trip in October.
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Somali refugee-turned-author to share his journey
YARMOUTH — Somali native Abdi Nor Iftin will share his journey to and appreciation of America at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Merrill Memorial Library. The 33-year-old author of “Call Me American” is on a national tour that has taken him from Maine to Washington, D.C., and back again since the book was published […]
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Presumptions have elevated ethnic tension in Lewiston
A dozen or more messages have floated into my inbox since Friday, all saying exactly this: I’m concerned about the way you reported on the fight in Kennedy Park on Tuesday night. Why didn’t you interview people from both sides of the altercation? This put vulnerable people at risk because it offered legitimacy to one […]
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‘They just started ganging up on us:’ Lewiston residents describe brawl near Kennedy Park
[UPDATE: Lewiston man dies from injuries sustained in Tuesday night fight] LEWISTON — State and local police are investigating a Tuesday night melee near Kennedy Park that left one man hospitalized in critical condition. Several of the victim’s friends told the Sun Journal on Wednesday that the man, said to be in his 30s, had died, […]
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SeniorsPlus opens new dining site for Somali community at St. Mary's Nutrition Center
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus has announced the launch of a new dining site in the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center at 208 Bates St. that is designed to cater to the Somali community The public is invited to attend lunches presented there on Mondays (except holidays) at 11:30 a.m. A $3 donation is suggested. The launch of this […]