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Qasim Hirsi Farah
Qasim Hersi Farah was born in Decmber 1969 in Abudwak, Somalia. Academically, he graduated from Marine and Fishery Institute in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1986, and enrolled in Somali National Universit...mehr sehenQasim Hersi Farah was born in Decmber 1969 in Abudwak, Somalia. Academically, he graduated from Marine and Fishery Institute in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1986, and enrolled in Somali National University in the same year, which awarded him Bachelor of Islamic Studies/Law (LLB) in 1990. In 1997, the International Islamic University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur awarded him Masters of Comparative Law (MCL). From 1999 to 2005, he was writing his Ph.D. dissertation on Land Degradation in Somalia at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. In 2007, the University of Malaya awarded him another Masters Degree-(LLM) on Environmental Law and Policy. In the time of writing this book, 2009, Qasim is undertaking Doctoral research on Maritime Policy in Somalia at York University, Canada.
Besides formal education, Qasim attended several vocational courses and seminars, and obtained certificates on Marine Studies, Environmental Studies, Municipal Studies, Women Studies, Religious Studies, Parenting, Management, and Communication.
Qasim authored 39 books on various disciplines including Somalias socio-politics, environment, religion, and arts in English, Somali, and Arabic languages. He is also a regular columnist for several journals and magazines. He is a multi-lingual speaking in Af-Somali, English, Arabic, French, Swahili, and Bahasa Malayu.
As a technocrat, Qasim was the Director General, and then Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Environment - Somalia from 2000 to 2005. Politically, Qasim is a freelance Somali political analyst. He was one of the Presidential Candidates for Somalia during the corruptive and compulsive election held in Kenya in 2004. Throughout 1998, Qasim was devotedly lobbying for the reconciliation of the Somali rival groups with the help of the International Community and the United Nations. Prior to the Somali civil and evil war, at the age of 18 years old, Qasim Hirsi was a political prisoner for 3 months, and house arrestee for 5 months. Currently, he lives in Canada as a Researcher, Writer, and Lecturer. He is the father of Abdul-Fatah, Abdul-Halim and Hanaan. He can be reached at www.qasimhersi.com.weniger sehen