Journalist Travels to Ilhan Omarâs Homeland to Prove Somalia is Beautiful, Gets Killed by Terrorists
Tragedy of cultural relativism strikes again.
By: Summit News, Paul Joseph Watson, 18 July, 2019
A journalist traveled to Ilhan Omarâs homeland of Somalia to challenge stereotypes and prove the country was âbeautiful,â only to end up being killed by terrorists.
Before President Trumpâs tweetstorm in which he encouraged Omar to go back and fix her own country, Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh was trying to do precisely that.
Nalayeh returned to the country of her birth to tell âupliftingâ 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 âbeautyâ of the place.
It was an incredible day to witness #Somaliaâs beauty on the island of #Ilisi đ #Kismayo #Somalia #MySomalia pic.twitter.com/KRr0AgGgtK
â Hodan Nalayeh (@HodanTV) July 11, 2019
One respondent praised her for âcountering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somaliaâ.
Your are doing amazing work in countering the doom narrative propagated by many about Somalia, one tweet at a time
â Ahmed kafia (@ahmedinajadosam) July 3, 2019
Another Somali writer praised her portraying an image of the country radically different from the stereotype of âvictims trapped in a vicious circle of conflictsâ.
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, âBecause this place is beautiful!â
On Friday last week, Nalayeh was killed in that very same town when al-Shabab militants stormed the Asasey Hotel in Kismayo.
In pictures from the scene (#AsAsey hotel) in Kismayo after Al-Shabaab storm. t.co
â Somalia Terror Updates (@SomaliTU) July 12, 2019
The total death toll claimed 26 lives and it took around 14 hours for Somali security forces to regain control of the hotel.
âWhile Nalayehâs death would seem to underline the harshness of Trumpâs 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,â reports the Pluralist.