Canadian journalist travels ot Somalia to see it's beauty, gets killed by terrorists

Ah, the beauty of Somalia, the land of Ilhan Omar [if that's her real name] and home to the religion of peace, interesting fish and unicorns jumping over rainbows.

Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh decided to go back to her native country and report on its beauty and splendor. She made her journey back just before President Trump told Ilhan Omar in a tweetfest to go back to Somalia and fix her own country.

Nalayeh's goal was to challenge stereotypes of Somalia and prove just how beautiful her home country is. 

Nalayeh returned to Somalia, the country of her birth, to tell “uplifting” stories about Somalia, according to the Washington Post.

The journalist became well known for her relentlessly positive tweets about Somalia. Just one week ago, she lauded the “beauty” of the place:


How beautiful is this




It was an incredible day to witness #Somalia’s beauty on the island of #Ilisi #Kismayo #Somalia #MySomalia


One respondent praised her for “countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia”.

Back to #Kismayo enjoying #Hirshabelle tea!

Never knew each region has its own tea. This tea is strong #Somali

You are doing amazing work in countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia, one tweet at a time.

Another Somali writer praised her portraying an image of the country radically different from the stereotype of “victims trapped in a vicious circle of conflicts”.

During a video tour on her YouTube channel of the town of Kismayo, Nalayeh said she was hopeful the area could be rebuilt and revived, “Because this place is beautiful!”

On Friday last week, Nalayeh was killed in that very same town when al-Shabab militants stormed the Asasey Hotel in Kismayo.

The total death toll claimed 26 lives and it took around 14 hours for Somali security forces to regain control of the hotel.


“While Nalayeh’s death would seem to underline the harshness of Trump’s remarks, it was also a visceral argument for what many understood to be his central point: that perhaps immigrants should be especially grateful to live in the United States,” reports the Pluralist.

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