This is a very interesting article. Somali Mohamed Nur left the safety of London to become the Mayor of Mogadishu. He's putting out a call for a city in England to 'twin' up with them. I say forget the redcoats Brits! Let's get a US city to pair up. My first thought would be for that city to be one with a large Somali population. Following are the US cities with the greatest Somali diaspora #'s (in descending order):
Minneapolis
Columbus, Ohio
Washington DC
NYC
Buffalo, NY
Seattle
Kansas City
San Diego
However, I am not sure Minneapolis is 'street' or 'gangster' enough for Mogadishu. It might be like pairing Miley Cyrus to rehab an LA Blood (or maybe more like pairing Ke$ha). So perhaps a more appropriate choice would be "Brick City" aka Newark, NJ. The Sundance Channel has a fascinating documentary series on the city and its controversial (what great leader isn't?!) and inspirational mayor: Cory Booker. If there ever any two mayors that should sit down together it is Cory Booker and Mohamed Nur!
Links:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/8514238/How-a-modest-council-worker-from-Camden-came-to-be-the-Mayor-of-Mogadishu.html
http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker
https://twitter.com/#!/corybooker
Minneapolis
Columbus, Ohio
Washington DC
NYC
Buffalo, NY
Seattle
Kansas City
San Diego
However, I am not sure Minneapolis is 'street' or 'gangster' enough for Mogadishu. It might be like pairing Miley Cyrus to rehab an LA Blood (or maybe more like pairing Ke$ha). So perhaps a more appropriate choice would be "Brick City" aka Newark, NJ. The Sundance Channel has a fascinating documentary series on the city and its controversial (what great leader isn't?!) and inspirational mayor: Cory Booker. If there ever any two mayors that should sit down together it is Cory Booker and Mohamed Nur!
Links:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/8514238/How-a-modest-council-worker-from-Camden-came-to-be-the-Mayor-of-Mogadishu.html
http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker
https://twitter.com/#!/corybooker
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