Women who led
Hinda Abdi Mohamoud (Hinda Cabdi Maxamuud)
Hinda Abdi Mohamoud is a Somali journalist and chief editor of Bilan Media, Somalia's first independent all-women media outlet, launched in 2022. She grew up in Hargeisa, wrote the book Raad Somali, won the 2023 Index on Censorship journalism award with her team, and was named one of the BBC 100 Women in 2024.
Hinda Abdi MohamoudHinda Cabdi Maxamuud
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Hinda Abdi Mohamoud is a Somali journalist who grew up in Hargeisa (Wikipedia, Hinda Abdi Mohamoud). She holds a degree in international relations from New Generation University in Hargeisa (same source). Before becoming a journalist she self-published Raad Somali (Somali Footprints), on the origins of the Somali people (same source).
Bilan Media
She is chief editor of Bilan Media, Somalia's first independent media outlet run entirely by women, which launched in 2022 with UN funding (Wikipedia). Its reporting has covered subjects rarely discussed in public, such as HIV, Alzheimer's disease and people with albinism (same source). She has also written about people living for decades in displacement camps in Mogadishu, and contributed to the Index on Censorship magazine (same source).
In 2023 she and her team won the Index on Censorship Press Freedom Award for journalism (same source). In 2024 the BBC named her one of its 100 Women (same source).
In short
The chief editor of Somalia's all-women newsroom, honoured by Index on Censorship and the BBC.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Hinda Abdi Mohamoud · en.wikipedia.org
Hinda Abdi MohamoudHinda Cabdi Maxamuud
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Toosoo!
Calankii is made by Toosoo, which works for one united, prosperous Somalia.
Can you help with Hinda Abdi Mohamoud (Hinda Cabdi Maxamuud)? Tell us what you can give.
I want to help with this
Where this matters
- Muqdisho (Mogadishu) and BanaadirMogadishu (Muqdisho) is Somalia's capital and makes up the Banadir region, with about 2.97 million people in 20 districts.
- Hargeysa (Hargeisa) and Woqooyi GalbeedWoqooyi Galbeed is the north-western region that holds Hargeisa (Hargeysa) and the port of Berbera, with about 1 to 1.45 million people.
Same era
- Australia18,401 people of Somali ancestry and 8,101 born in Somalia lived in Australia at the 2021 Census, more than half in Victoria. History, work, issues.
- Birmingham (Somali diaspora)About 17,000 to 21,600 Somalis live in Birmingham (Census 2021), mostly in Nechells, Newtown, Small Heath and Alum Rock. History, work, health and ties home.
- Bristol (Somali diaspora)9,167 people in Bristol identified as Somali or Somalilander in Census 2021, the city's largest minority group. Where they live, work, housing, leaders and ties home.
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada2,845 people of Somali origin lived in Calgary at the 2021 Census, plus 890 in Brooks. How they came, who serves them and what they face.
- Denmark (Somali diaspora)21,885 people of Somali origin lived in Denmark in 2026, half born there. Numbers, history, work, permit reviews, and ties home.
- DjiboutiAbout 13,900 refugees from Somalia live in Djibouti (Aug 2026): numbers since 1990, Ali Addeh, Holl-Holl, the 2017 refugee law, Arta 2000 and 2025 returns.
Keep reading
- Edna Adan Ismail: the nurse-midwife who built a hospital in HargeisaEdna Adan Ismail: first Somali nurse-midwife, WHO officer, founder of a hospital and university in Hargeisa, FGM campaigner, 2023 Templeton Prize winner.
- Hawo Tako (Xaawo Taako)Hawo Tako (Xaawo Taako), the Somali Youth League member who died in Mogadishu in January 1948 and is remembered as a national heroine.
- Asha Haji Elmi (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi)Asha Haji Elmi, born 1962: founder of the Sixth Clan women's movement, peace negotiator, MP and 2008 Right Livelihood laureate.
- Fartuun Adan (Fartuun Cabdisalaan Aadan)Fartuun Adan, born 1969: head of Elman Peace in Mogadishu, co-founder of Sister Somalia, and 2022 Right Livelihood laureate.
- Dr Hawa Abdi (Xaawo Cabdi Dhiblaawe)Dr Hawa Abdi (1947–2020): doctor and lawyer whose clinic near Afgooye became a hospital and a refuge for 90,000 people.
- Fadumo Dayib (Faadumo Daayib)Fadumo Dayib (born 1972): former refugee, nurse and UN health expert, first woman to run for President of Somalia (2016).