Notes

in response for the Somali Female Excellence Thread.


Abdulqawi Yusuf - Judge and Vice President of the International Court of Justice, The Hague




Mo Farah - One of the greatest long distance runner of all time. 5 times Olympic Gold medallist.

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Dr Ali Ahmed - Biotech Research Director at Compton Group.



Fahad Rage - Developed an App for railway engineers and is considered a “future industry leader.”



Mukhtar Ali - Somali footballer signed with Chelsea FC



Ismail Ahmed - CEO and Founder of World Remit, a company worth $500 million, and the UK's fastest growing technology firm



Yasin Osman - Award winning Photographer.



Dualleh Abdirahman - Professional Stylist.



Nuruddin Farah - Neustadt laureate and a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Ismail Toohow - MMA Fighter



Hashi Kaar - Software Developer and Founder of Plycode.



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Cali. Ca Cabdi - Professor of Social Development Education and Head of the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Abdi Warsame - Elected to represent Ward 6 on the Minneapolis City Council.

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Cabdi Bile - world champion in the 1500 meters, the first Somali to do so.

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Ahmed Mumin Warfa - specializing in botany, who with his colleague Mats Thulin discovered Cyclamen somalense, the newest species to be described.

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Cali Saiid Fakhi - specializing in toxicology and a diplomat. A leading researcher in his field, he has numerous scientific papers and also authored a book entitled A Comprehensive Guide to Toxicology in Preclinical Drug Development.

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Axmed Hussen - lawyer and politician. He is the National President of the
Canadian Somali Congress and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

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Hadrawi - prominent Somali poet and songwriter, Somali Shakespeare.

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Rageh Omaar - author and television news presenter; formerly BBC news correspondent; in 2009, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English where he currently presents the nightly weekday documentary series Witness.


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Cabdi Kuusow - associate professor of sociology. has written extensively on Somali sociology and anthropology.

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Mohamed Haji Mukhtar - professor of African and Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University. Has written extensively on the History of Somalia and the Somali language.

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Mohammed Diriye Cabdhullahi - scholar, linguist, writer, translator and professor, formerly a journalist in his native Somalia.

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