International Women’s Day in Boston organized by SAYPA

Somali American Youth Parents Association celebrating International Women’s Day. Because all women deserve to be happy, coddled, passionate, respected, saved, secure, all women have an extraordinary gift from Allah. Women can do any critical work easily, can produce offspring, and can do multiple tasks, such as organizing both inner door and outer doors without hesitation.

The Somali community celebration is to honor the achievements of immigrant women and daughters of immigrants who have made a profound difference in Boston and the world.

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THE FLAG

The flag of Somalia was designed by Maxamed Cawaale Liibaan and it was adopted on October 12, 1954. It is a rectangular banner, sky blue in color and it has a good-sized white star in the middle. The star, which is called Star of Unity, has five pointy sides, which represent all the Somalis whose lands are in: (1) Waqooyi (the North) of Somalia, (2) Koonfur (the South) of Somalia, (3) Jabuuti, (4) Soomaali Galbeed (in Ethiopia) and (5) Waqooyi-Bari (in Kenya). There many songs dedicated to the flag, but the most popular one is:

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