Hodan Nalayeh was a victim of a brutal terrorist attack that ripped through Kismayo, the normally serene and beautiful port city in Jubaland, about 500km south of the capital Mogadishu.

Hodan Nalayeh’s life story is one of passion and inspiration. As a young, idealistic Somali-Canadian journalist and single mother of two, Hodan was determined to defy the odds and smash stereotypes.

At least three people were killed and more than10 others injured as heavy shelling targeted to parts of Hodan district in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.

Hodan Nalayeh spent the last days of her life doing what she loved most: sharing a side of Somalia rarely depicted in the West. On Twitter, she posted photos of young boys grinning on the island ...

Hodan, a Canadian citizen, who immigrated with her family to Edmonton as a child in 1984 before moving to Toronto in 1992, was beloved in her community.

A prominent Canadian-Somali journalist who was among 27 people killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo Saturday is being remembered by Somalis around the world.

Hodan, thank you for reminding us. Thank you for reminding me, someone like you who grew up in the West, what being Somali actually means. When you said: “What does it mean to be Somali?