Mariam Dini's World

Recently, I visited a patient in one of the hospitals in Mogadishu. During my visit, I met with a 20-year-old girl in the same room who had injured her leg. It seemed to me that her injury was minor. I looked at her and asked how she was doing and how many days she was in the hospital. It was a surprise to me what happened to her, and how the wound had spread. After evaluating it, I can say that the metal is just scratched. That day was her 12th day in the hospital. Then, her doctor came, and I followed him and asked what made the wound so big. He told me this girl is the 4th time I am treating her injury. This girl uses skin-whitening products. I asked: Did you tell her about the dangers ? "Yes," he answered. Why didn't you give advice? I added. He said, I gave her enough advice, but why should she not take the advice? Bleaching, whitening, lightening, whatever you call it, the business of cosmetics rises. Creams, pills, and surgical treatments are used across continen...

There is one word that instigates many of us almost all the time. That is “curiosity” curiosity to know the unknown, curiosity to discover what is uncovered yet, and curiosity to share what you have learned. This curiosity takes human beings from ground to sky. This curiosity distinguishes us from all other creatures and makes us superior. Seeking knowledge satisfies this curiosity. Despite progress made over the years, literacy challenges persist with at least 771 million young people and adults lacking basic literacy skills today. International literacy day is celebrated on September 8 every year. The day aims to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies and the need for intensified efforts toward more literate societies. "In the aftermath of the pandemic, nearly 24 million learners might never return to formal education, out of which, 11 million are projected to be girls and young women. To ensure no one is left behind, we need to enrich ...

If I take a pen and a paper to write the benefits of education, only the ink of the pen will end. Let me summarize how much is on my mind. Education continues to be the backbone of global development. Similarly, education is the solution to every problem, the key to any possible change in today and tomorrow's society. And The values transmitted the knowledge, the mistakes of the past, and the challenges of tomorrow. The tools for defining development include education, quality of life, and life expectancy. The developed world is advanced in science. In 1950, this globe was divided into three stages depending on where they were. The United States, led by the United States, was ranked No. 1 in the world. The socialist states were ranked the 2nd in the world. Most of the countries that were under colonial rule at that time were nicknamed the Third World. This idea was invented by a Frenchman named Alfred Sauvy, who studied Sociology. This indicates that knowledge is in order. Educat...

Governments shape their people to become productive and efficient by educating them. Since the end of the civil war, the education sector has been steadily improving, with government officials and businessmen, realizing the importance of education for the country's long-term development, working to revive it. However, it has led to a situation outside the control of the government, with various confusing systems and structures used in primary and secondary schools, which have adopted any system preferred by the owners. Even the school term and the textbooks used vary from school to school in different parts of the country. Curriculum The wane quality of education in Somalia has been fueled by a variety of educational systems. The country's curriculum was introduced less than eight years ago. Before that, it was taught in different curricula due to the lack of quality of Somali students, as well as the dwindling of the Somali language, although now the curriculum is written in t...

Over the last 30 years, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Somalia because of political instability, insecurity, and a dangerous civil war that broke out in the 1990s. Today, thousands of Somali refugees remain in neighboring countries and millions are internally displaced in Somalia. In the last few days, I have been monitoring the situation of IDPs in Mogadishu where there is water scarcity, food insecurity, flimsy shelters, poor health, lack of education, lack of local governance among many others. Water scarcity Water sources in Somalia are drying up at a rapid rate as a looming drought intensifies, leaving 70 percent of families across the country without access to safe drinking water. Thousands of children are now reliant on emergency water trucking and unprotected wells or are forced to leave their homes in search of water. https://tinyurl.com/2p8ubzjm . There is a Somali proverb that says "Soul is water, life is milk" which means that the first thing you...

On November 4, 2021, four amazing and challenging years of university culminated in the graduation ceremony for the class of 2021. It was surreal and strangely unexpected—even after all of the testing, preparation, and exams, it doesn't feel like it could possibly be time to graduate. University was a stressful couple of years, where I shed some tears over assignments, struggled to fit in. But I also learned so much about myself as a person .  Even through all the struggles of late nights studying, the need to adapt quickly to new subjects, new lecturers, and struggling to master new techniques, it still feels like it's gone by too fast. It's bittersweet, also, to be writing a blog post about my time at Mogadishu University (MU) after four years. I'm extremely grateful for the experiences I've had at MU. Over the past four years, I've been taught by a wonderful faculty and also by an extremely dedicated and inspirational team of public administrators. My Pub...

  The biggest and most expensive weapon a country has is the youth especially when young people have received equal educational opportunities. Expressing your experiences, abilities, skills, and ideas is what contributes to change. Every positive change brings prosperity.  Young people in Somalia are not just the future of the country; they are also the majority. Nearly three-quarters of the population is under 30 years old. Most are born after the overthrow of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 and have only known conflict and violence. An entire generation has missed out on education, employment, and knowing what a stable life is. Many lost hope for a better future. When it comes to education, Somalia has one of the lowest enrolment rates in the world. A survey showed that in Somalia overall, 27 percent of youth aged 14-29 have not completed any type of school, 25 percent attended a Koranic school, 27 percent attended Primary school, and 21percent went to secondary school o...