About the Author
Name: Sunni Said Salah
Date Of Birth: 1984
Place Of Birth: Mogadishu
Nationality: Somali
Martial Status: Single
LANGUAGES
Somali
English
little Arabic
EDUCATIONAL OF BACKROUND
1992 1997-Mahmud harbi Primary and intermediate School at Mogadishu
1997 1999-Ahmed Gurey Secondary School Mogadishu
OTHERS
A Clean Driving License (BCE)
WORK ING EXPERIENCE
1998 2000-Working Xog-Ogaal News Paper and Ayaatin as a writing Articles special Social entertainments
2000 2003-STN Radio and TV “Producer and Releaser special Program Of world events” like sports and entertainments
2003 2007-HornAfrik and TV “Producer and Releaser special Sports Program”
December 2007 to April 2008 I was working Unversal TV as reporter in Nairobi Office
2007 – CURRENT: www.waagacusub.com MEDIA as a writing Articles special Sports program, social Entertainments and also Chief Editor of sports Media website www.ciyaaro.com
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
May 10th to June 20th 2006, Participated Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) Tournaments Kagame Club Cup Championships which was held in Tanzania
10 -21 December 2007 Attended United Nations Human Right & Article 19 Media Training for Somalia Journalists Lenana Mount Hotel In Nairobi, Kenya
15 – 16 July 2008 participated actively journalism Workshop funded by U.S Embassy which was held in Nairobi, Kenya
31th December 2008 to January 13th, 2009 attended CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup In Kampala, Uganda
24 –30 June 2009-Attended FIFA (Federation International Football Associations) & AFP (Agency France Press) Media Training for African Football Reporters as part of the win in Africa with Africa initiative in preparation for the 2010 world Cup.
HOBBIES
Activities:
Watching movies, Watching all sports events like world Cup, Champions league, European nation tournaments, African Nation Cup,Dancing, parties , Reading, writing (lots of them), playing soccer!
Interests:
Politics, faith and values, political magazines, satires, documentaries, all sports, Travel around the world, Rebuild Somalia
Favorite Music:
Reggae, Hip hop, R&B, Soul, African, Arabic and Somali music
Favorite TV Shows:
that 70 show, friends, days of our lives, Sanford and Son, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Family Guy. 60 Minutes.
Favorite Movies:
Godfather 1, Dumb and dumber, Heat, Rush Hour1, inside man……and many more that make me laugh and my toes curl!
Favorite Books:
World History and sports history special for football -
REFERENCES
1-Brig. Gen. Basher Mohamed Jama (Bashir Goobe)
Deputy Commissioner Somali Police
Former Somali referee football, also former chief Somali football federation Association
email- dcsomaliapolice@gmail.com
2-Yusuf Hassan
BBC World Service
African Correspondent , Arabic & Somali service
5th Floor, Longonot Place, PO.BOX 58621, Nairobi 00200,Kenya
Office Telephone-+254-(0) 20227470
Mobile +254- (0) 721 305502
Fax +254 (0) 20214435/247911
Email- yusuf.hassan@bbc.co.uk
3-Abdullahi Mohamed Nur
Manager Director Queen Commodities LTD
Coffee & Grains Exporters
Mama Ngina street, PO.BOX 26 444-00100
Cell phone- +254-(0) 711 688 888 Nairobi, Kenya
Email-cccali73@hotmail.com
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Sir Sunni Said Salah
sunnijournalist@gmail.com
Senior Somali Sports Journalists
Phone-+254-721-424242
