18/01/2019
TO: The Nobel Committee for Literature
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On Friday January 18, 2018
Your Excellencies,
Subject: The Nomination of AL-Haji Dr. Badal W. Kariye for Nobel Prize in Literature 2019
We, the Union of the Somali National Authors (USNA) hereby officially nominate Somali American Writer of 106, Investigative Journalists, Researcher and Philanthropist AL-Haji Dr. Badal W. Kariye for Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 in regard to his extraordinary literary and literature contributions to humanity in the 21st century.
AL-Haji Dr. Badal W. Kariye was born in the Democratic Republic of Somalia on 1st of January 1983, and he started his elementary School at Hodon Primary School in Mogadishu then he moved to Taleh Primary School in Mogadishu before he fled from Somalia in 1991 to neighboring Kenya after the Somali civil war broke out.
Fortunately, AL-Haji Dr. Badal W. Kariye began his secondary education at Dhagahley Secondary School at Dhagahley Refugee Camp in 1993 then after graduating Dhagahley Secondary School then he attended several colleges and universities in Nairobi, Kenya where he earned diplomas and degrees before he immigrated to the United States of America on September 27, 2006.
AL-Haji Dr. Badal W. Kariye speaks number of foreign languages and he sometimes teaches various subjects at colleges and universities in Africa and USA while he continues to write books and enjoys creative writing as well as advocating human rights.
For more information about his detailed biography: -
http://www.badalkariye.com/biography/
Best Wishes,
The Executive Board of the Union of Somali National Authors (USNA)
Dr. Abdi Ali Warsame, Chairman of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Drs. Fadumo Ali Kimiko, Vice-Chairman of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Prof. Mohamed Osman Bilig, Secretary-General of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Drs. Halima Shamsudin Isaq, Spokesperson of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Drs. Hawo-Lul Mohamed Shanta-Somalia, Treasurer of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Prof. Mohamed Omar Shabab, Community Coordination & Public Policy of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Dr. Ali Sheikh Mohamed, Religion, Education & Heritage of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Mr. Ali Nur Jaylani, Sports & Youth Development of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Drs. Hawo Abdi, Health & Social Development of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Drs. Anisa Abdi Mohamed, Events Organizer of the Union of the Somali national Authors.
Layla Abdi Mohamed, Public & International Relations Manager
