Leadership
Ceremonial President
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Ceremonial President
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Board of Directors
Prof. Mohamed H. Muktar
Board Member
Dr. Mohamed Haji Mukhtar is a renowned Africanist and Arabist scholar. Currently, he is a professor of African and Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, USA. His major publications include: Historical Dictionary of Somalia (2003); English Maay Dictionary (2007); The Rise and Expansion of Islam (2012); Language Marginalization, Ethnic Nationalism and Cultural Crises in Somalia (2010) and Habka Cilmibaarista Taariikhda Somalida (2024). Dr. Mukhtar has long been producer and correspondent of BBC both Somali and Arabic services as well as VOA. He is president and founder of the Center for Peace-Building Initiative CPBI. He is also a founding member of the Inter-Riverine Studies Association ISA, which is an academic organization found in 1993 to re-examine the assumptions upon which the sociocultural, economic and identity formation of Somali society is based. He served Chief Editor of Demenedung Newsletter for ISA. Dr. Mukhtar is a board member of Global Advisory Board for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, Paris, France. He is an editorial member for AFRICA, Rivista Semestrale di Studi e Richerche, Universita di Pavia, Italy.
Prof. Abdi M. Kusow
Board Member
Dr. Abdi Mohamed Kusow is Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. He is internationally recognized sociologist with extensive scholarship in international migration, and social change and transformation in the Horn of Africa region. His research appeared in top ranked sociology and international migration journals and served as editorial board member of leading sociology journals. He has given keynote speeches at many national and international universities, including Ohio State University, Aalborg University, Denmark, York University, Canada, and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. He was an invited speaker at the 2017 Doha Forum. Professor Kusow is Founding Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Somali Studies: Research on Somalia and the Greater Horn of African Countries, 2014-2021. He is member of the International Scientific Committee of the Routes of Enslaved Peoples: Resistance, Liberty and Heritage: Resistance, Liberty, and Heritage, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. Professor Kusow is the principal founder of the University of Southern Somalia, Baidoa.
Mr. Abukar Albadri
Board Member
Abukar Sheikhahmed Mohamed aka (ABUKAR ALBADRI) is a renowned Somali Journalists with extensive experience in the field. He is an author, music composer and human rights activist.
As a journalist Abukar Albadri worked for Aljazeera English (2007), The Los Angeles Times (2004-2009) and contributed to many globally renowned media outlets including Newsweek. Abukar Albadri earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration and Master of Art in Ethics and Governance.He worked as human rights researcher between 2009-2014 and did human rights visits to Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Geneva, Stockholm, and New York. Abukar Albadri led the Media Development Programme in Somalia for the International Media Support (IMS) 2015-2023), and he is co-founder of Arlaadi Media Network, the first National Media outlet consisting of a TV and Radio dedicated for Maay language.