Somali community

Edition 15

Safeguarding shouldn’t mean alienating: parents criticise FGM investigations

There’s growing discontent among sections of the Bristol Somali community around how anti-FGM efforts are being handled. Getting the balance wrong risks driving a wedge between families and the professionals paid to protect children.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

City

Anti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Voices

Voices: My community doesn’t need a Somali word for autism

Said Hussein

Bristol and Beyond

A picture of Somalis in Bristol

An intimate look at one of Bristol’s biggest communities.

Kirsty Mackay

Reports

Muslim man thrown off bus: full inquiry demanded

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Edition 4

179% increase in immigration enforcement visits

Mohamed Rashid

Edition 3

Somali: Codka Soomaalidu saameyn intee leeg ayuu doorashada 2015 ku yeelan karaa?

“Somalis must vote, they must exercise their rights and must use their voice” Words: Ruqiya Hassan Illustrations by Sophie Filomena. The first in a series...

Abdi Mohamed

Edition 3

Will Somali voters determine Bristol’s 2015 General Election?

“Somalis must vote, they must exercise their rights and must use their voice” Ruqiya Hassan  The first in a series of foreign language articles, there...

Abdi Mohamed