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The newsroom today
The women reporting from Mogadishu — get to know each of them.
Click a card to read each journalist's bio and get in touch.
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Farhio Mohamed HusseinEditor-in-Chief"So many of my female colleagues have left the profession because of harassment. But I stuck it out."
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Kiin Hasan FakatReporter"Everything in Somalia depends on women — the economy, the home, the children, the family."
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Naima Said SalahReporter"I hope Bilan will give us the freedom to do journalism beyond male-dominated politics."
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Ifrah Isse MohamedOperations"It was never my plan to work in media — but I am thriving in an all-female environment."
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Hinda Abdi MohamoudFormer Chief Editor"People take you seriously if you are a journalist. If you are not, they don't listen."
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Shukri Mohamed AbdiReporter"We come from the bush, where the concept of being a journalist does not exist."
Training the next generation
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Fatima Adam RageIntern · Mogadishu University"I decided to study journalism at university because Somalia needs more professional media workers. I am excited that I can start putting theory into practice during my internship at Bilan."
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Shukri Mohamed AbdiBilan reporter"Even though I am young, I am ready to leave my family in Baidoa and move to Mogadishu to work for Bilan. I want to highlight the problems women face in my region, especially in terms of political representation."
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Aamino Nor HusseinIntern · Somali National University"Journalism has been in my heart since I was a small child. Being chosen as a Bilan intern is a dream come true — I want to become self-sufficient, like the Bilan team, and learn to do my own work from start to finish."
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Mogadishu, Somalia
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