FARGO — The metro community is gathering this weekend for the annual Somali Heritage Celebration — a free event filled with cultural food, music, art, storytelling, dance and cultural connections.

Nonprofits say the death highlights a broader need for more culturally-responsive services for Somali families that have children with autism. Tears flowed at the makeshift memorial along Minnehaha ...

Cultural groups based in Somalia say they were not “meaningfully consulted” or “included” in the selection process for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An attendee at the local Somali Cultural Festival in recent years. Mohamed Ali and Leebaan Osman, co-founders and organizers of ...

UNESCO joined forces with the Somalia Academy of Science and Arts (SOMASA) in collaboration with the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and the Somali Permanent Delegation to UNESCO to organize a ...

For every individual, there is a journey completed by those who came before that eventually comes to define the current days and shapes stories. These are roots, origin stories and for many, it ...

Several open letters and statements have expressed concern over the pavilion's lack of consultation of local actors and the ...

Missionary efforts in Minnesota have been curtailed due to fear stemming from Somali culture, according to a Lutheran Church pastor. Rev. Dr. Dinku Bato, a leader of the left-leaning Lutheran Heritage ...

“There have been a lot of misunderstandings of New Americans,” said Fowzia-Adde of the Immigrant Development Center. “Our community has been struggling to fit in and this is a way to break the ice.” ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Letting your pen guide along paper gives you a sense of freedom. “It just rejuvenates you; it just gives you some kind of spirit that you did not know exists,” said Ahmed Ismail Yusuf.

Mohamed Ali and Leebaan Osman, co-founders and organizers of the Somali Cultural Festival in Columbus, have seen thousands of Somali Americans come since they expanded the festival in 2019. Yet before ...