Tragedy of cultural relativism strikes again.
A journalist traveled to Ilhan Omar’s homeland of Somalia to challenge stereotypes and prove the country was “beautiful,” only to end up being killed by terrorists.
Before President Trump’s tweetstorm in which he encouraged Omar to go back and fix her own country, Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh was trying to do precisely that.
Nalayeh returned to the country of her birth to tell “uplifting” stories about Somalia, according to the Washington Post.
The journalist became well known for her relentlessly positive tweets about Somalia. Just one week ago, she lauded the “beauty” of the place.
It was an incredible day to witness #Somalia’s beauty on the island of #Ilisi#Kismayo #Somalia #MySomalia
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Back to #Kismayo enjoying #Hirshabelle tea!
Never knew each region has its own tea. This tea is strong#Somalia
Your are doing amazing work in countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia, one tweet at a time
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During a video tour on her YouTube channel of the town of Kismayo, Nalayeh said she was hopeful the area could be rebuilt and revived, “Because this place is beautiful!”
On Friday last week, Nalayeh was killed in that very same town when al-Shabab militants stormed the Asasey Hotel in Kismayo.
In pictures from the scene (#AsAsey hotel) in Kismayo after Al-Shabaab storm. twitter.com/SomaliTU/statu…
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2 comments:
I love happy endings! Send more. Let's send them ALL back, with free Obama phones to return (digital) proof. No reason to return, it being so good over there.
"Beauty is in the eye if the beholder"
Even when those eyes have pennies covering them!
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