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In the 2000s, Elmi formed the Sixth Clan women's movement to advance female participation in Somali politics. She was later selected to the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on August 29, 2004, and served until 2009. [3] Elmi is also the founder of Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), created in 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War.
Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla, sociologist and politician; President of the Somali Family Care Network; Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia; Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator; Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
Mary Ann Childers is an American media consultant and former newscaster. From 1980 to 1994, she worked as an anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago, [1] where she became the first woman to anchor a top-rated 10pm newscast in Chicago. [2]
The name Lucie stems from French origin and means "light." By spelling the name Lucie rather than Lucy, Willie and his wife made the name a bit more unique. George is a Greek name that means "farmer."
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Television sports anchors from Chicago (12 P) Pages in category "Television anchors from Chicago" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
Abdi is of Somali descent. She began her journalism career at KGTV Channel 10, an ABC-affiliated television station based in San Diego. She started as an assignment editor and was promoted to an associate producer news writer. Abdi was a contributing writer at the Al Jazeera Media Network in 2013.