Amina Ali Articles

Somali women have always been engaged in politics in Somalia. In the 1970s Somalia had the largest and  strongest military in Africa and a vast number of soldiers and top military officers were women. Somali women held political office, local council office and worked...

‘Are you really a Muslim? I mean you’re black and, like, really westernised, I don’t get it’. The Labour party activist looked puzzled as she waited for a reply. After explaining to her that yes, I was a Muslim and, no, not all Muslim women wear a headscarf, a niqab,...

The presence and settlement of the Somali community in significant numbers in the UK dates back to the 19th century when Somalis arrived to work as seamen for the British merchant navy. The seamen settled in most port cities like Cardiff, Liverpool and east London...