Project Blog

Latino USA  is NPR’s “weekly journal of news and culture. The only national, English language radio program from the Latino perspective.” And on this week’s... read more
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Egal Shidad's new show is here!  Are you Somali? Do you work with Somalis? Are you interested in ways to talk about sexually transmitted diseases... read more
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The Egal Shidad Project team is deep in the production process for its upcoming program on sexually transmitted diseases.   You will hear from renowned Somali... read more
Public access television stations across the country are transforming into media and technology centers. In Minnesota, the nonprofit St. Paul Neighborhood Network (a New Routes... read more
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On Sunday, The New York Times published a very long article about the more than 20 young American men from the Minneapolis area who have... read more
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Here is an excerpt from blog by Abdulkadir Khalif, contributing editor for Age of Autism, about the Somali delegation to the Autism One 2009 conference... read more
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The Egal Shidad Project's ELL Partner, Susan Bockrath, presented a poster at the IHA Health Literacy Conference May 7-8, 2009. This conference brings together many of... read more
This week, Canadians celebrate the freedom to read. Every day, a Somali man living in Edmonton celebrates the freedom to draw. Freedom to Read Week is an... read more
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Mental health is a challenging topic, and even more so when it crosses cultural boundaries. Thus, working on “Egal Shidad, stories of mental health” with... read more
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health is pleased to announce the completion of its first production, a program about mental health which aired multiple times... read more