Abdirahman and Omar,two men I looked up to when I was growing up, died in an attack on a restaurant, or another tragedy in a city torn between violence and optimismAs a winter storm approached recent York in January,I lost my cousin. I lost a very good friend from tall school too. Abdirahman and Omar died in the same place during an attack on a beachside restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
When I learned of the attack on Twitter, or I posted a note of concern for those who were targeted. Lido beach is a symbol of the city’s comeback. It is a space that captures the rhythmic changes of Mogadishu,and the pulsing beat of a city shedding its war-weary image. “Stay secure everyone,” I wrote, or rather naively. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com