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Hodan
Hodan () is a name of Somali origin. It is a common given name for girls and women in Somalia and among the Somali diaspora. The name "''Hodan''" in Somali is often associated with the meaning "paradise" or "heaven." It carries positive connotations, symbolizing beauty and serenity. Names in Somali culture often have significant meanings, and "Hodan" reflects positive and aspirational qualities. Given name * Hodan Ahmed, Somali political activist. * Hodan Nalayeh, Somali-Canadian social activist and entrepreneur. (1976–2019). * Hodan Hassan, Somali American politician. * Hodan Said Isse, Somali American, UNFPA goodwill ambassador and First lady of Puntland. Places * Hodan District Hodan District () is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Mogadishu. This district as well as the bordering Deeynile district are a part of the traditional Territory of the Isa ... * Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School
Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School, formerly Vaughan Secondary School, is a public secondary school in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1989 by the York Region Board of Education and is currently overseen by the York Region District School Board. The school was originally named after the City of Vaughan, which was named after Benjamin Vaughan. After complaints that Benjamin Vaughan had associations with slavery, the York Region District School Board renamed this school in honour of Hodan Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist. The school services a very diverse and multicultural community. Its motto is "Ficta Fiunt Res Gestae" (Turning dreams into action). History Vaughan Secondary School was officially opened in 1989 by the York Region Board of Education and consists of three floors of classrooms and portables. With district reorganization in 2006, a number of regions previously associated with Vaughan Secondary School were reassigned to Stephen Lewis Secondary School (Blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Ahmed
Hodan Ahmed (; ) is a Somali political activist. She helped form the Somali Women Parliamentary Association the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, which was succeeded by the Federal Parliament of Somalia. She serves as a Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute. Personal life Ahmed was born in Somalia. After the start of the civil war in 1991, she and her family emigrated abroad. Ahmed lived for a period in India. She later studied in Kenya. In 2003, she returned to Somalia, traveling to the capital Mogadishu. Ahmed's visit there inspired her to devote her career to helping rebuild the country. Career Professionally, Ahmed initially worked with the United Nations Population Fund and Norwegian People's Aid. She later branched out, aiming to move beyond awareness-raising on key issues to finding sustainable political solutions for the Somali parliament. In 2009, during workshops organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Ahmed in conj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Hassan
Hodan Hassan ( Somali: ''Hodan Hassan''; Arabic: هودان حسن) (born February 1, 1982) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Hassan represents District 62B, which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024. Early life, education, and career Hassan was born in Somalia on February 1, 1982. In 1991, the Somali Civil War led Hassan to seek refuge in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Hassan immigrated to the United States in 1999. She attended Metropolitan State University, graduating with a B.A. in social work, and Augsburg University, graduating with a M.A. in social work. Hassan is a mental health clinician and the executive director for Pathways 2 Prosperity. She has worked as a senior clinical soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Nalayeh
Hodan Nalayeh (; ; 1976 – July 12, 2019) was a Somali-Canadian media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur. She was president of the Cultural Integration Agency and vice president of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International. Early life Nalayeh was born in 1976 in Somalia She was raised in a large family, with four brothers and seven sisters. She hails from the Naleye Ahmed sub-clan of the Dhulbahante tribe. Her sister Dega Nalayeh is a senior vice president private client advisor with U.S. Trust. Along with her parents and siblings, an eight-year-old Nalayeh later emigrated to Canada in 1984. They initially settled in Edmonton, Alberta, before eventually moving to Toronto in 1992. Nalayeh attended the West Humber Collegiate Institute, a high school in Etobicoke. For her post-secondary education, she studied at the University of Windsor, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in communications. Additionally, she e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Said Isse
Hodan Said Isse (; ) is a UNFPA Goodwill ambassador for Puntland. She is the former First Lady of Puntland January 8, 2024–January 8, 2019 and she is a wife of Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the former President of Puntland. Early life and education Hodan Isse, was born in Hargeisa, Somalia. She obtained a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in Virginia, along with two master's degrees, one in economics, the other in international development, from Ohio University. Her contributions to academia led to her being recognized as a clinical assistant professor emeritus at the University at Buffalo School of Management. Hodan actively engages in philanthropic work. She co-founded and serves on the board of the United States-based Somali Mental Health Foundation, which focuses on improving mental health support for the Somali community. Additionally, she holds a position on the board of directors for the Central Bank of Somalia, demonstrating her involvement in the financial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term ''girl'' has other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.com, "Girl"'' Retrieved January 2, 2008. '' daughter'' or '' girlfriend'' regardless of age, the first meaning is the most common one. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have or had a low social position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and society may invest less in girls. The difference in girls' and boys' upbringing ranges from slight to completely different. Mixing of the sexes may vary by age, and from totally mixed to total sex segregation. Etymology The English word ''girl'' first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon word ' (also spelled ' or '). The Anglo-Saxon word ' meaning ''dress'' or ''clothing item'' also seems to have been used as a metonym in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving childbirth, birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, ''SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Sex differences in human physiology, Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of Somalia's residents are ethnic Somali people, Somalis. The official languages of the country are Somali language, Somali and Arabic, though Somali is the Languages of Somalia, primary language. Somalia has historic and religious ties to the Arab world. The people in Somalia are mainly Muslims, following the Sunni Islam, Sunni branch.. In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial center. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somali Diaspora
The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa. There are also small Somali populations in Asia. The UN estimates that in 2015, approximately 2 million people from Somalia were living outside of the country's borders. Global distribution The distribution of Somalis abroad is uncertain, primarily due to confusion between the number of ethnic Somalis and the number of Somalia nationals. Whereas most recent Somali migrants in the diaspora emigrated as refugees and asylum seekers, many have since obtained either permanent residence or citizenship. A 2008 publication estimated the ethnic Somali international migrant population as 1,010,000, including around 300,000 in East and South Africa, 250,000 in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty
Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasure, pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects of aesthetics, one of the fields of study within philosophy. As a positive aesthetic value, it is contrasted with Unattractiveness, ugliness as its negative counterpart. One difficulty in understanding beauty is that it has both objective and subjective aspects: it is seen as a property of things but also as depending on the emotional response of observers. Because of its subjective side, beauty is said to be "in the eye of the beholder". It has been argued that the ability on the side of the subject needed to perceive and judge beauty, sometimes referred to as the "sense of taste", can be trained and that the verdicts of experts coincide in the long run. This suggests the standards of validity of judgments of beauty are intersubjective, i.e. dependent on a group of j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Of Somalia
The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term ''Somali'' from a geopolitical sense is ''Horner (demography), Horner'' and from an ethnic sense, it is ''Cushitic peoples, Cushite''. Overview The culture of Somalia encompasses knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, and customs of the Somali people throughout history and is distinguished by a deep commitment to democratic and egalitarian principles, as well as a strong sense of independence, individualism, and generosity. It is an amalgamation of traditions developed independently, drawing on heritage from distant ancestors in Nubia and pre-dynastic Egypt, the ancient civilization of Land of Punt, Punt, and the subsequent rise of the proto-Somali city-states known collectively as 'Barbaria (region), Barbaria'. Somalia was among the first regions outside the Arabian Peninsula to embrace Islam and became a center of influential Islamic schola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
