Sophie Neiman

1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Sophie Neiman

   In Somaliland, a book fair is writing a nation into existence (opens the original)

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   Sept. 03, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Hargeisa, Somaliland On an evening in late July, poet Suhaib Faro stood on stage at the Hargeysa International Book Fair and began to tell a love story. Sitting in tight rows of plastic chairs, members of the audience sipped cups of coffee with camel milk as Mr. Faro spoke lyrically of beauty and lifelong devotion. “I was raised to protect the inviolable, to take pride in your nobility, to swear against [your] humiliation,” he intoned. The subject of his adoration

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2. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Sophie Neiman

   For this turtle rescuer, Kenya’s fishing communities make the best allies (opens the original)

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   Aug. 17, 2026, 2:12 p.m. ET | Watamu, Kenya On a humid June morning, two turtle hatchlings flail nervously inside a red cooler faded from Watamu’s sweltering sun. A Kenyan fisher, Angore Kahindi, had found them tangled in his net and stored them in the only container he had. Then he called Fikiri Kiponda, who gives out his cellphone number to fishers in the community for just such an emergency. Mouth set in a determined line, Mr. Kiponda arrives quickly and snaps on a pair of white gloves. He

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