Journalist Travels to Ilhan Omar’s Homeland to Prove Somalia is Beautiful, Gets Killed by Terrorists

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.

Hodan Nalayeh

✔@HodanTV

Replying to @HodanTV

It was an incredible day to witness #Somalia’s beauty on the island of #Ilisi #Kismayo #Somalia #MySomalia

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12:05 AM - Jul 11, 2019

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One respondent praised her for “countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia”.

Hodan Nalayeh

✔@HodanTV

 · Jul 2, 2019

Back to #Kismayo enjoying #Hirshabelle tea!
Never knew each region has its own tea. This tea is strong #Somalia

Ahmed kafia@ahmedinajadosam

Your are doing amazing work in countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia, one tweet at a time

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Another Somali writer praised her portraying an image of the country radically different from the stereotype of “victims trapped in a vicious circle of conflicts”.

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.

Somalia Terror Updates@SomaliTU

In pictures from the scene (#AsAsey hotel) in Kismayo after Al-Shabaab storm. https://twitter.com/SomaliTU/status/1149714389790011392 …

Somalia Terror Updates@SomaliTU

Replying to @SomaliTU

#UPDATE3: Al Shabab says its fighters are now conducting an operation in Asasey hotel in #Kismayo Somalia.
Heavy gun shots continuous

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The total death toll claimed 26 lives and it took around 14 hours for Somali security forces to regain control of the hotel.

“While Nalayeh’s death would seem to...

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