Another Somali is on the news Barbara Bush, Ubah Hassan and couple of other women win the Genius Award 2012 from Elle Magazine UBAH HASSAN, 25 Ubah Hassan is a runway model and an Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet ambassador, and in February she launched Maji Umbrellas (maji means "water" in Swahili). Each $40 umbrella sold by the nonprofit provides a day's worth of clean water for 20 people in the Horn of Africa, where water shortages grow more desperate each year. "In North America, rain is something we don't want," Hassan says. "We hope with our umbrellas to [teach people to] say, 'It's raining again! Thank you, God, I have rain.'"—Elyse Moody http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/genius-awards-2012-5#slide-5 BARBARA BUSH, 30 In 2009 "we went into meetings thinking that people wouldn't really pay attention to us," says Barbara Bush (yes, daughter of Dubya), Global Health Corps' cofounder and CEO. "But everyone we met was like, 'Yes! We need to invest in our future's leaders!' " Three years later, GHC, which partners with local and global organizations to deploy young professionals on fellowships in impoverished communities, is sending 90 fellows into the field. "As dire as world health care has become," Bush says, "I'm not overwhelmed by the issues because I talk to people, our fellows, who are doing something about them every day."—Seth Plattner

The pirates are desperate. garowe is fox hole and no person with normal brain would ever move capital there.

I was watching this few days ago. very interesting story about the assassination.

Yunis;847987 wrote: @ElPunto - you are fighting a losing battle here, If this girl obtained her accredited MD thru the Canadian system, she should be congratulated. The Canadian system is notoriously flawed. * 16 schools offer faculty of medical school in Canada- compare over 214 Med Schools in the states. * 6 of those schools are in Ontario. * Each school accepts 100 students per-year (Ontarians fair the worst, since all other provinces can apply Ontario, but you have to be a two year residence to apply schools in other provinces). So, in Ontario, you will be competing students from all over the country. The chances vary from school to school and are much better in other provinces. However, in Ontario where most Somalis live, the outlook is dismal; there are students with over 95% scores who can't get in. Even with high MCAT scores, students go through rigorous approval process and then three levels of soft skills interview process. Including interpersonal / social skills, emotional intelligence...etc. Then, if one is lucky at medical school, more challenges will be on your way on 'training' medical apprenticeship institutions to gain experience. Medical school being elitist, costly field, Somalis undoubtedly lack the connections, and resources, so most opt out, some head to the Caribbean or stateside. it’s a system design to keep the numbers scarce and services expensive for the professional elites and their kids..... I am from ottawa and I must say you got wrong information. You only need 3 out of 4 GPA in first 3 years of premed at McMaster U and average is around 3.2 for entry. MCAT is very basic exam and you can take it many times if you wish. The interviews (they like you or not) and extra-curriculum activities is what kills most somali students. They don't have mentors to prepare them and most don't know how to beat the system. A friend of mine once told that if you tell exotic stories about of how your mother or sister was raped and you were rescued by wild dogs in Africa you should be in good shape during the interview. Interestingly his joke is not very far from the truth. Many times admission all comes down to interview performance even if you have good or bad GPA. 1. Applicants must have completed a minimum of three years of undergraduate degree level work (30 half year credits or 15 full year credits or a combination). 2. Applicants must have achieved an overall OMSAS converted average of 3.00 on the 4.00 point scale. 3. All applicants to the MD Program are required to write the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) prior to the application deadline date. A minimum score of 6 on the Verbal Reasoning component is required. The most recent test result will be used for those applicants who attempt the MCAT more than once http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/mdprog/academic_requirements.html in the video fahima osman is propped up as an "average" desert girl who beat the odds because she wasn't brightest in her class and no one took her seriously. very predictable. I am here to congratulate her for beating the odds. I myself am premed and I ishelah I will graduate in few years.