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Blogs
May 25, 2012
Marination's Kamala Saxton: Curb Enthusiasm for Education
When Kamala Saxton isn't working the kitchen inside her nationally recognized food truck, Marination Mobile, or its brick-and-mortar sibling, Marination Station, she's working on the service side of another passion: education. During her off-time, she sits on the board of Powerful Schools. Both inte ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Comment of the Day: Voicing Concerns about Military's Continued Use of Lariam
On Tuesday Seattle Weekly's Nina Shapiro crafted a post about former top military psychiatrist and current chief clinical officer for the District of Columbia's mental health department Elspeth Ritchie and her questions about the military's continued use of the anti-malarial drug Lariam. These quest ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Lariam, Facing Scrutiny After Afghan Massacre, Comes Under Attack By Veterans Group Co-founded by Lakewood Man
When the possible connection between the anti-malarial drug Lariam and the recent Afghan massacre hit the news, retired Lt. Col. Greg Alderete wasn't shocked. "Hey, we've been saying this for some time," relates the Lakewood 55-year-old, referring to Lariam's potentially damaging side effects. Just ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2012
Did You Know Seattle Police Have A Flying Surveillance Drone?
Flying drones have become commonplace in the skies of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Somalia, but now domesticated drones are starting to fill American skies. Seattle Police are among the first departments in the nation to use the high-tech surveillance tool only recently considered science fictio ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Safari Spices up Seattle's African Food Scene
Our server at Columbia City's Safari Restaurant asked us if we wanted hot sauce as she set down our plates. Always up for a little spice, we nodded eagerly. Arriving in a bottle most will recognize from holding their ketchup at a fair french-fry stand; there was no way to see what we were putting on ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
Seattle Food Swappers Seek New Trading Partners
Food swaps, the edible exchanges that give canning, baking and pickling hobbyists a chance to trade their wares, tend to be heavy on granola. "It's a swap standard," says Seattle Swappers' Jill Ginsberg, who launched the organization after a successful swap in Wallingford last April. The f ... More >>
News
October 12, 2011
Hertz's Muslim Problem
Why is the rent-a-car chain suspending its drivers?
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Hertz Suspends 35 Muslim Workers for Praying Without Clocking Out
For years, Hertz Rent-a-Car has employed dozens of Muslim workers to shuttle its vehicles back and forth between Sea-Tac Airport and its nearby corporate office. The workers, mostly Somali immigrants, earn relatively low pay--about $10 an hour and no benefits--but they insist on one thing: praying t ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Mohammad Saaili Shibin, Somali Hijacker, Revealed in Court Documents as Tech-Savvy Pirate Translator
Mohammad Saaili Shibin Mohammad Saaili Shibin used the Internet to find out everything he needed to know about what it would take to hijack the yacht Quest and what kind of money it could command in ransom. Shibin even had an auto-alert system set up on his phone to send him interesting pirat ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
What Does a President Eat While Watching the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden?
Answer: Sandwiches. From Costco. That revelation and more from the ridiculously detailed feature story on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden in The New Yorker today.
Blogs
July 25, 2011
John Shalikashvili Spoke John Wayne English and Campaigned to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Shali, 75It is remarkable enough to have been the first foreign-born soldier to become a four-star General in the U.S. Army. But John Shalikashvili, the pride of Steilacoom who died at age 75 last week following a stroke, was also the draftee who became the military's highest-ranking officer ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
The Rolling Stones' Justin Deary Talks Capitol Hill Block Party: Death, Afterlife, Rebirth, and Giant Body Condoms
Lauren MaxCapitol Hill Block Party is upon us this weekend; in anticipation of the big event, I decided to ask some of my favorite local musicians playing the fest a few important questions. Yesterday Casey Catherwood gave us details on Witch Gardens' set; today we're checking in with Justin ... More >>
Arts
June 29, 2011
Stage: From Cairo, With Love
Laughs trump politics in ACT's Arab-American romance.
Food
June 8, 2011
An Open Letter to the Seattle Business Traveler
On whether to get hammered at the hotel bar or brave an unfamiliar world.
Calendar
April 6, 2011
Rye Barcott
On whether to get hammered at the hotel bar or brave an unfamiliar world.
Blogs
February 24, 2011
NYT: Somali Pirates, Dead Hostages, and the Failed On-Ship Negotiation That Got Them Dead
Hours before Phyllis Macay, Robert A. Riggle, and Jean and Scott Adam were killed by Somali pirates aboard the 58-foot yacht Quest, a pow-wow between an FBI negotiator and two pirate leaders took place on the Navy's U.S.S. Sterett. Here's what went wrong.
Blogs
February 23, 2011
With Four Dead, America Asks: How Do We Stop Somali Pirates?
Image via FlickrIn the wake of yesterday's tragic news that four Americans had been executed after being kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman, many are asking: Is there any way to end the hijackings in the seas east of Africa? History suggests swift and harsh punishment for the p ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Phyllis Macay & Bob Riggle, Seattle Yacht Travelers, Murdered By Somali Pirates
Macay and Riggle via Leadline, the Corinthian Yacht Club newsletterThe pair of boaters were abducted Friday along with a California couple off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean. Up until yesterday it was exciting and, frankly, kind of cool. But today, the situation came tragically to an e ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
Seattleites Kidnapped By Pirates? Send the U.S.S. Bainbridge. And a Sniper.
Image sourceBecause hey, it worked last time a U.S. citizen got hijacked by a bunch swashbuckling Somalis.
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Everett-Based Destroyer USS Momsen, 1; Somali Pirates, 0
This is what happens when a Navy destroyer catches some Somali pirates robbing a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
Blogs
February 8, 2011
Opponents of Anti-Immigrant Legislation Migrate to Olympia Tomorrow
Image viaMore than 400 immigrants, advocates, and students are expected to make the trek to the Capitol tomorrow to rally against various pieces of anti-immigrant legislation proposed by state lawmakers.
News
December 1, 2010
Son, I'm Turning You In
Northwest Somalis struggle to deal with would-be jihadists in their midst.
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Mohamed Osman Mohamud Was Turned In by His Parents, Neighbor Says
Friday night's arrest of Portland's would-be bomber Mohamed Osman Mohamud raised fears once again of the potential threat posed by radicalized Somali immigrants. But some believe the case sets a positive example in one respect: Mohamud's parents may have turned their own son in.
Food
November 17, 2010
Food News & Notes: Coffee, Soda, Milkshakes, & More
Friday night's arrest of Portland's would-be bomber Mohamed Osman Mohamud raised fears once again of the potential threat posed by radicalized Somali immigrants. But some believe the case sets a positive example in one respect: Mohamud's parents may have turned their own son in.
Calendar
October 27, 2010
K’Naan
Friday night's arrest of Portland's would-be bomber Mohamed Osman Mohamud raised fears once again of the potential threat posed by radicalized Somali immigrants. But some believe the case sets a positive example in one respect: Mohamud's parents may have turned their own son in.
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Public Access TV Funds May Be Used For City Email Instead
dailyinvention on FlickrLast week at a City Council budget meeting, Bill Schrier of the city's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) dropped a bombshell: Starting next year, the $625,000 given annually to public access television could be reduced to $100,000, and the contract currently ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali Feminist Appearing at Town Hall, Draws Veiled Protesters
It was a scene you don't see everyday in Seattle: Some three dozen Islamic women in cloaks and veils descended on Town Hall last night to wave pickets and pass out fliers. They were there to protest the appearance of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the controversial Somali émigré who's been speaking out a ... More >>
Calendar
September 29, 2010
Scott Peterson
It was a scene you don't see everyday in Seattle: Some three dozen Islamic women in cloaks and veils descended on Town Hall last night to wave pickets and pass out fliers. They were there to protest the appearance of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the controversial Somali émigré who's been speaking out a ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2010
Sylvester Stallone Reheats the '80s
Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen BallardThe Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>
Film
August 11, 2010
The Expendables: Sylvester Stallone Brings Back the ’80s
Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen BallardThe Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Cafe Car: Dine on Tacos and Somalian Smoothies on International Blvd.
Photos by Matthew PielA weekly column in which we ride the light rail to random stops, hop off, and wander around until something strikes our culinary fancy, treating the train like our own personal café car. The Stop: Tukwila International Boulevard The Vibe: "Well we could eat at McDonal ... More >>
Arts
June 2, 2010
Captain's Grog
A highly subjective Seattle pirate-bar tour taken by a man who feels that pirate bars, in theory, shouldn’t exist.
News
January 27, 2010
Somali Scare
Mental illness may have caused a woman's terror-evoking rant on a local school bus.
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Mentally Distraught Somali Woman, An Activist Fighting Terrorist Image, Boards School Bus and Talks of Bomb
Ubax Gardheere at Seattle Weekly's offices yesterdayWhen Seattle Weekly met Ubax Gardheere a few months ago for a feature story on the Somali community, she was handing out worksheets and snacks at a tutoring program she ran at a SeaTac YMCA. College-educated and soft-spoken (as well as heavi ... More >>
News
December 16, 2009
A Mystery of Violence
As the FBI investigates the possibility of a terrorism “recruitment network” in Seattle, the local Somali community struggles to understand why young men would return to a country they never knew.
News
July 22, 2009
Somali Silence Holding Up Murder Investigation
Officers say this growing community takes “don’t snitch” to new heights.
Blogs
April 14, 2009
About These Somali Pirates...
A lot has been reported over the past four to five days about Somali pirates. For a great number of Americans, news that Somali pirates, or that any form of pirates still existed was a shock. But with the recent seizure of a US Freighter late last week, and news that just this morning, two more fo ... More >>
Music
March 4, 2009
K’naan: The Dusty Foot Troubadour
Serving hip-hop on a global platter.
Blogs
February 24, 2009
New Music: K'naan Releases Troubadour -- Performs in Seattle March 10
K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2008
Real Pirates Available for Seafair, Cheap!
K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2007
Politicians: If They Aren't Citizens, They Can't Vote For You
K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>
Food
September 12, 2007
Seattle Restaurants Serving Goat (Partial List)
K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>
News
March 14, 2007
Hot Wires
A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.
News
February 28, 2007
Dubious Diplomacy
Slade Gorton says that 28-year-old Seattle grocer Koshin Mohamed is an official Somali representative to the U.S. But the State Department says otherwise.
Food
August 9, 2006
MLK SOS
Beleaguered Martin Luther King Jr. Way lures patrons with a fabulous array of foodstuffs.
News
February 8, 2006
The Muhammad Cartoon War
It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.
News
September 11, 2002
An Anti-War Movement of One
A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.
News
March 20, 2002
Snatched
The INS gave Fuad Hassan Ismail a one-way ticket to Somalia. Business as usual, or one more sign that this agency is out of control?
News
March 20, 2002
From wedding bells to jail cells
A love story with a very unhappy ending.
Film
January 16, 2002
The lost patrol
Nine years later, victory is claimed from defeat.
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