Tomorrow we will been awaken to whole new president, the first of many and man that will be the 44th president of the United State of America Mr. Obama. Some might call it nothing short of a miracle the victory that he commenced tonight here in this nation. I believe Senator John had made a good reconciliatory speech, eventhough; some the crowd were not responsive to him sometimes. The road to change is not pave with gold but rather change will have to come from both side of the party line. Its answer lies with masses. Those that fought for change must align the country back to its feet again. Obama alone can correct everything, you and I must take our part of the burden and wear it proudly.I would like to thank Kaalay voter initiative for mobilizing Somali voters and providing interpretation different precinct which Somali’s voters casted their pallot. This group of young people answer the call to the missing piece to take action by providing their services to the community with no affirm affiliation prescribing what was needed. They made a great impact on Columbus Somali vote for Obama. I will not mension no name but their is one particular individual that heads this group and I thank her as well.

From: Somali Documentary Project <info@tariqtarey.com>Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:13 AMSubject: Somali Documentary Project's 1st book released 09/05/

Dear Friends,

After five years of documenting Somali Daispora, the Somali Documentary Project has just released its first book, The Somali Disapora: A Journey Away. This book is unique in its comprehensive examination of the Somali Diaspora in America. This is a story of an optimistic people as they struggle through the desperate challenges of fleeing a civil war and as they find that they must face different challenges in America. Photographer Abdi Roble and writer Doug Rutledge begin their journey in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, where over 150,000 Somali people have come to escape the violence. While in Dadaab, Roble and Rutledge met the family of Abdi Salaam, who was later resettled in Anaheim, California. They documented the troubles and the triumphs of the family in Anaheim and then followed them when they moved to Portland, ME. They also document the lives of Somali people in Columbus, Ohio, which is the second largest Somali community in the United States, and in Minneapolis, which has the largest Somali Community. So the story develops from the refugee camp, where people struggle just to eat, to Minneapolis, where Somali doctors and dentists make life for everyone even better in one of America's more sophisticated urban settings.

The Somali Disapora: A Journey Away offers the intimate opportunity to introduce yourselves to your Somali neighbors across the country. This book includes the work that was recently displayed in the Columbus Museum of Art. The faces in these photographs tell their own stories of optimism confronting perhaps the most horrible conditions with which human beings ever have to cope, while documenting the many successes that Somali people have achieved in America. The essays weave these stories together to tell the tale of a people who have moved to a new land, while maintaining their unique and meaningful way of life.
The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away will be released by the University of Minnesota Press on September 5th, 2008.

If you can, please come to the book signing at the Columbus Museum of Art on September 13th from 1 to 3pm.
Columbus Museum of Art480 E Broad StColumbus, OH 43215(614) 221-6801
If you can't make the book signing and wish to purchase a book, please go to the Web Site of the University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/R/roble_somali.html
Sincerely,
-- Tariq Tarey
Project Manager
Somali Documentary Project http://www.somaliproject.org/

It's been a while since, I update this blog. My laptop got stolen just past this past week...as the saying goes thief once a thief always a thief. the rest is long story...

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