citizen in 1988, Hussien draws upon his own experiences as a refugee to deliver programming that helps the East African refugee community make sense of and build new lives in metro Atlanta. Hussien Mohamed, Sagal Radio’s director and a co-founder, manages the operations and production of HEARMe. Broadcasts are also heard worldwide via the internet. Currently broadcast six hours a week, Sagal programs deal with a wide variety of health, social, and educational issues in an effort to empower listeners to overcome the many challenges of adapting to and becoming active members of American society. It has become a trusted resource, particularly for “new Americans” from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya, by providing programming in English, Somali, Swahili and soon in Amharic. Sagal Radio, based in metro Atlanta, GA, was founded by East African refugees in 1998 and was granted status as a fully-licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2004. Everybody has to go back and solve the problem.' 'I want to go back and go there, and help them with the problem they are having,' Issa says. And many, like Somali Mai TV editor Mohamed Issa, want to return to Somalia. Most have family still in the country or in refugee camps. The Minnesota Somalis are closely watching the situation because it may have an impact on their own futures.Īll of these delicate complications matter a great deal to Somalis living in Minnesota. Many Somalis in the metro area support the new group, which this week declared it controls the conflict-ridden country. Minneapolis Television Network - More than 14,000 displaced Somalis live in Minnesota. Guests on SAMATV include a wide diversity of concerned citizens and volunteers in local Somali causes, activists, public officials, managers, business owners, students, teachers, and experts in many fields. Entertainment (songs, comedy, story telling, somali films, documentary programs).

Each program is usually a studio panel discussion between the host and guests interested in a particular issue, accompanied with video highlights, Health programs, Community Issue and entertainment.

SAMA TV covers Somali issues that affect people living and working in the world. SAMA TV has been cablecasting on local Public Access cable channels and Metro Cable Channel 6 since the fall of 2006 and is among the longest-running Somali related Public Access series Minnesota! Somali American Media Association TV TM (SAMA TV) is a weekly 58:30-minute and Metro Cable Channel 6, and Cable television series devoted to covering Somali issues that especially affect the Somali's who live abroad.

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