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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Somali Boy Growing up in Minnesota: Family, Schooling and Identity

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Somali Boy Growing up in Minnesota: Family, Schooling and Identity

This book explores the experiences of boys of Somali heritage between 15 and 18 growing up in Minnesota.

2022

Nuur Hassan, Ph. D.

Nuur Hassan, Ph. D.

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Cultivating Critical Thinkers: A Shift from Banking to Co-Creation.

Fifty-four years ago, Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher Paulo Freire wrote a seminal book- The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In it…

Nov 20

Cultivating Critical Thinkers: A Shift from Banking to Co-Creation.

Nov 20

Why We Need Public Intellectuals Now More Than Ever

Dr Nuur Hassan

Oct 26

Why We Need Public Intellectuals Now More Than Ever

Oct 26

The Value of Unread Books: Why They Matter More Than the Read Ones

In his book The Black Swan(2007), the Lebanese-American writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb recounts his discussion with the late Italian writer…

Oct 24

The Value of Unread Books: Why They Matter More Than the Read Ones

Oct 24

The Power of Spoons: Energising Learning Through Awareness and Balance

One of the most unconsidered aspects of our students is the energy they need to engage in their learning. For optimum learning to occur…

Oct 19

The Power of Spoons: Energising Learning Through Awareness and Balance

Oct 19

The case against using ChatGPT blindly in your writings

Writing is an art, not a science. It is a personal expression, an emotional exercise, and, above all, something you can only perfect in…

Aug 25

The case against using ChatGPT blindly in your writings

Aug 25

Double Periphery: Somali Diaspora Feeling Out of Place Abroad and at Home.

Dr Nuur Hassan

Jul 1

Double Periphery: Somali Diaspora Feeling Out of Place Abroad and at Home.

Jul 1

Passing the Torch: Will Somali Diaspora-Born Generation Continue Remittance Support after their…

Remittances sent to Somalia have risen spectacularly in recent decades, capturing the attention of researchers and policymakers. The latest…

Jun 25

Passing the Torch: Will Somali Diaspora-Born Generation Continue Remittance Support after their…

Jun 25

The morality of paying clan membership fees( Qaaraan) while residing outside its sphere of…

Dr Nuur Hassan

Jun 22

The morality of paying clan membership fees( Qaaraan) while residing outside its sphere of…

Jun 22

Whose fault is it that you are unemployed in Mogadishu, Hargaysa or Jigjiga with a university…

You spend three to four years studying at university, and upon graduation with degrees and, for some, with postgraduate degrees, you hope…

Jun 21

Whose fault is it that you are unemployed in Mogadishu, Hargaysa or Jigjiga with a university…

Jun 21

The morality of not participating in Somalia’s political marketplace

Plato- the father of political theory, famously declared that ‘ one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you…

Jun 11

The morality of not participating in Somalia’s political marketplace

Jun 11

Dr Nuur Hassan

Dr Nuur Hassan

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Reader, writer and epistemological optimist.

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