Thursday 15 May 2025
Yusra Abdullahi is a PhD candidate at Leiden University. She researches African activism at the United Nations and how it contributed to shaping the world order.
Yusra has extensive experience in the areas of human rights and international development. She has worked, among others, in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda, where she used her regional expertise to advise (inter)national NGOs, UN agencies, embassies, and think tanks on issues relating to the intersecting realms of conflict transformation, gender, and migration. She can be reached at X/Twitter.
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A Somali scholar returns home to explore the historic Radiyo Muqdisho archives, mapping the collective memory of the Somali people.
A Somali scholar returns home to explore the historic Radiyo Muqdisho archives, mapping the collective memory of the Somali people.
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Yusra Abdullahi, a historian of African activism at the UN, explores how the SYL leveraged the organisation to challenge colonial domination and advocate for Somali self-determination.
Yusra Abdullahi, a historian of African activism at the UN, explores how the SYL leveraged the organisation to challenge colonial domination and advocate for Somali self-determination.