Library in Somalia’s troubled capital offers a small but eclectic selection

It is difficult to find books in the Somali capital these days, but one place with a dozen shelves of them is the Mogadishu Public Library, which amounts to a single room behind a solid steel gate in a neighbourhood of goats, mosques and electronics shops. The Toronto Star reports Manager Hirsie Mohamed Hirui had the place open one recent Sunday, even as the occasional AK-47 assault rifle popped off in the distance and the city remained locked in an edgy standoff involving clan militias, Ethiopian troops and Islamic fighters.

And you thought you had a bad day because 30 people asked where the bathroom is…

February 1, 2007 by Uncategorized 0

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