Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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I'm the founder of @thesomalibrief, home to the Somali American stories you won’t find anywhere else.

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1	May 29, '20	BREAKING: Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis Police who killed George Floyd, has been arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington has announced.	171×	0	57k	17k	205
2	May 29, '20	BREAKING: Minneapolis Public Schools board members have written a resolution terminating the school district's contract with the Minneapolis Police Department. The University of Mi	116×	0	41k	11k	263
3	Oct 6, '20	BREAKING: Liban Osman, subject of Project Veritas alleged voter fraud story, tells @LydenFOX9 he was offered $10K by Omar Jamal to say he was collecting ballots for Congresswoman @	49.7×	0	13k	5.2k	435
4	Nov 7, '18	Ilhan dancing to Somali song Dirgax.	33.7×	0	12k	3k	152
5	Nov 7, '18	“Here in Minnesota, we don’t only welcome immigrants; we send them to Washington,” Ilhan Omar says in her victory speech.	25.4×	0	9.5k	2.2k	33
6	Apr 20, '21	Derek Chauvin becomes the first white police officer in Minnesota’s history to be convicted of killing a Black person: George Floyd.	21.1×	0	8.5k	1.7k	29
7	Apr 24, '20	For the first time in the history of Minnesota, the adhan was broadcast over an outdoor speaker placed over the rooftop of Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. The	17.4×	0	5.6k	1.7k	83
8	May 31, '20	BREAKING: Somali shoppers chase away a group of white men who allegedly tried to burn stores at the Karmel Mall in south Minneapolis. Video obtained from Somalisnaps, a popular Sna	16.7×	0	5k	1.8k	166
9	Aug 15, '18	BREAKING: Hodan Hassan wins Democratic primary race for Minneapolis House District 62A, becoming the second Somali-American female, after Ilhan Omar, to be elected to a state legis	11.5×	0	4.2k	1.1k	6
10	Mar 16, '19	How the @DailyMirror covers terrorist attacks when the murderer is Muslim vs. white supremacist. #NewZealandTerroristAttack	9.3×	0	2.2k	1.4k	21
11	May 28, '20	The media's focus on "protests," "riots," and "looting" is expected. That's what any reporter can cover. The real story is covering and not losing focus on police brutality, system	8.7×	0	3.2k	833	17
12	Dec 17, '20	“Do you remember what happened in Black Hawk Down when we killed a bunch of you folk?" a Minneapolis cop told Somali teens. “We didn’t finish the job over there, ‘cause if we had f	8.7×	0	1.8k	989	135
13	May 29, '20	Derek Chauvin is the first white police officer in Minnesota history to be charged with with murder while on duty.	8.3×	0	2.7k	806	19
14	Nov 6, '19	BREAKING: HUGE night for Somali women: Safiya Khalid wins a seat on the Lewiston City Council in Maine. Nadia Mohamed also won a seat on the St. Louis Park City Council in Minnesot	8.0×	0	2.6k	792	17
15	May 29, '20	BREAKING: Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.	7.7×	0	1.8k	838	21
16	Aug 10, '16	BREAKING: Ilhan wins Democratic primary in Minn District 60B, likely becoming first Somali-American lawmaker in U.S.	7.6×	0	1.9k	1.1k	1
17	Mar 3, '20	.@IlhanMN and her love of Somali music.	7.1×	0	2.8k	418	52
18	Jan 25, '19	🚨 some personal news 🚨 I’m leaving the Star Tribune to launch a nonprofit news organization, with the support of @MPRNews, that will be dedicated to chronicling the struggles, su	7.0×	0	3.2k	302	8
19	Apr 30, '19	BREAKING: Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who killed a white woman, was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Noor, who's Somali, is	6.9×	0	1.6k	827	36
20	Nov 6, '19	BREAKING: Nadia Mohamed makes history by winning a seat on St. Louis Park City Council, becoming the first Muslim and Somali person elected to the city’s council.	6.5×	0	2.5k	525	5
21	Nov 20, '18	A man at @McDonalds in Eden Prairie allegedly pulled his gun on a group of Somalis who were inside the restaurant. "I want everyone out of my store now," @McDonalds staff tells the	6.4×	0	1.2k	856	38
22	Jul 12, '19	I’ve been in great shock since I heard the news of Hodan Naleyeh’s killing in an explosion in Somalia. Hodan was an incredibly talented, creative, down-to-earth journalist who sing	5.1×	0	1.5k	591	6
23	May 29, '20	Watch as an officer pepper-sprays protesters in Minneapolis.	5.0×	0	1.1k	563	72
24	Nov 8, '17	BREAKING: @melvincarter3 makes history tonight by becoming St. Paul's first black mayor.	4.4×	0	1.5k	451	0
25	May 26, '20	.@MinneapolisPD have released this statement, mentioning nothing about the police officer holding the man down by the neck with his knee for several minutes. "He appeared to be suf	4.1×	0	837	419	14
26	Jan 8, '21	Trump has accused @IlhanMN of corruption and 'hating' America. But others in Congress are joining her in declaring that the president is the real danger to the country.	4.1×	0	1.9k	168	6
27	Oct 6, '20	Last week, we reported that Omar Jamal, key source for Project Veritas, said he thinks a clip that purports to show a “ballot harvester” paying a voter $200 in exchange for a vote	3.9×	0	1.3k	277	22
28	Oct 15, '18	These two Minnesota cousins were last seen around 3 a.m. Saturday after they left their workplaces during a break. Minutes later, they called 911 for help — then their phone went d	3.7×	0	719	536	8
29	Mar 22, '19	Hey @kare11, the images and clips you used in this report about @IlhanMN calling on the Trump administration to protect immigrants facing deportation have nothing to do with what t	3.6×	0	1.1k	318	4
30	Sep 26, '14	The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a white man's opinion.	3.5×	0	429	769	1
31	Mar 28, '18	BREAKING: A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to @theintercept.	3.5×	0	594	540	14
32	May 29, '20	Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, who has the authority to bring criminal charges against Derek Chauvin, will hold a press conference at 1 p.m.	3.3×	0	1.3k	269	7
33	May 26, '20	Longer video here:	3.3×	0	665	391	58
34	Nov 6, '19	She’s speaking in Somali because she’s giving an interview to a Somali journalist who works for a Somali TV channel. Somalis are winning in Minnesota because they belong here, work	3.2×	0	1.3k	251	6
35	Apr 30, '19	We can't ignore the racial dynamics in this case. It took the killing of a white woman in a white neighborhood in Minneapolis for prosecutors to charge a black officer who is an im	3.1×	0	1.2k	291	6
36	May 31, '20	Twitter has changed its bio to #BlackLivesMatter in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis and across the country. #GeorgeFloyd	3.0×	0	1k	280	8
37	Nov 8, '23	BREAKING: Nadia Mohamed (@Nadia_Mohameds) makes history: She becomes the first Muslim, Black, and Somali person to win a mayoral race in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.	2.9×	52k	867	157	10
38	Jan 12, '18	BBC Somali has translated "shithole" as "xubinta laga saxaroodo oo kale," which literally means: "the organ used for defecation."	2.7×	0	635	371	0
39	Oct 9, '16	CNN political commentator @VanJones68 unloads on Trump. #TrumpTapes	2.6×	0	630	363	0
40	Aug 6, '17	Gov. Mark Dayton says yesterday's bombing of Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Minnesota was an "act of terrorism."	2.4×	0	452	406	0
41	May 3, '19	Minneapolis agrees to pay $20 million in death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, the largest police-related settlement in Minnesota history. The payout is more than quadruple the previou	2.4×	0	498	337	7
42	May 29, '20	Ryan Winkler is the Minnesota House majority leader.	2.4×	0	981	174	5
43	Dec 31, '20	After Minneapolis police killed Dolal Idd, a source said the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension did a search at the residence of the man's home in Eden Prairie. He said the	2.2×	0	452	356	13
44	Feb 3, '18	Minneapolis Mayor @Jacob_Frey hands out Somali sambusas from restaurant @AfroDeli to Philadelphia Eagles fans.	2.2×	0	739	226	0
45	Aug 15, '18	Somalis go wild when one of their own wins an election. This from @hodan4house’s election party in Minneapolis last night. Hodan won the the Democratic primary race for House Distr	2.2×	0	625	241	10
46	Sep 2, '21	Terry Albury, an idealistic F.B.I. agent, leaked documents to The Intercept that detailed the bureau's rampant racism and its targeting of the Somali community in Minnesota. “I hel	2.0×	0	479	231	66
47	Jul 15, '19	While reporters are busy talking abt Trump's racist tweets, ICE is tearing up families & forcibly removing immigrants from their cars & homes. ICE officers broke the window	2.0×	0	364	334	4
48	Aug 15, '18	BREAKING: Mohamud Noor wins Democratic primary race for Ilhan Omar’s seat in Minnesota legislature. He’ll become the first Somali-American man to be elected to a state house. And f	1.9×	0	634	219	1
49	Aug 7, '20	BREAKING: Somali American educator Qorsho Hassan wins Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. by @bzosiad with @Report4America.	1.9×	0	740	162	1
50	Jun 5, '18	Ahmed Burhan Mohamed, a 16-year-old Somali-American from Minnesota, wins first place at the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award, one of the most prestigious Qur'an recitation con	1.9×	0	616	203	1
51	Sep 18, '19	Right-wing media on social media platforms falsely claim that a video shows Somalis beating and robbing a man near Target Field. Police say those arrested aren’t Somali. Twitter, F	1.9×	0	502	200	9
52	Mar 12, '19	What about African victims? 32 Kenyans, 9 Ethiopians and victims from Djibouti, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, and Nigeria.	1.9×	0	641	201	5
53	Nov 7, '20	Relatives and supporters of President-elect Biden Jr. celebrated in Ballina, Biden’s ancestral village on the west coast of Ireland. 📸 Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Time	1.8×	0	867	59	18
54	Aug 4, '19	My brother who’s performing the Hajj this year sent me this video of pilgrims walking around the Ka’bah in Mecca. What a mesmerizing scene.	1.8×	0	699	140	11
55	Jul 21, '16	Somali man becomes first asylum seeker in U.K. to be admitted to University of Manchester's PhD in Physics program.	1.8×	0	401	298	0
56	Jun 21, '19	To all reporters covering the overturned conviction of death-row inmate Curtis Flowers, don’t forget to give much-deserved credit in your reports to @InTheDarkAPM team, which moved	1.7×	0	573	176	10
57	May 29, '20	This from the criminal complaint: Chauvin "had his knee on Mr. Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after Mr. Floyd was non-re	1.7×	0	523	154	8
58	Dec 21, '17	BREAKING: Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota calls for investigations into reports saying that federal immigration agents abused 92 Somalis who were shackled for 48 hours on a botched	1.5×	0	385	229	0
59	May 23, '20	Not one resident who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood was interviewed in this story.	1.5×	0	520	149	5
60	Jan 1, '21	I was supposed to take the day off yesterday after wrapping up our fundraiser a day early. I told Sahan Journal staff to take the week off, & then this happened. The family inv	1.5×	0	473	148	15
61	Oct 30, '19	VIDEO: Biftu Jillo, 33, spoke of her past addiction to painkillers and warned that the Somali and Oromo communities needed to talk openly about the problems of young people addicte	1.5×	0	367	182	17
62	Oct 17, '17	The Lowry Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis will be lit up blue Tue night to pay tribute to the victims of Mogadishu truck bombings. ↬ @Hennepin	1.5×	0	503	162	0
63	May 29, '20	BREAKING: Attorney General William Barr says his office will conduct an independent investigation into the killing of George Floyd to determine whether any federal civil rights law	1.4×	0	495	118	8
64	Apr 20, '21	READ AND SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS.	1.4×	0	658	77	0
65	Feb 11, '19	Today is my first day working full time on my mission to build a nonprofit news organization that will be dedicated to covering Minnesota's diverse immigrant communities. It's an i	1.4×	0	621	57	1
66	Apr 9, '18	🚨Some personal news🚨 I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining the @StarTribune to cover Minneapolis. I’ve had a wonderful time at @MPRNews, a place I’ll dearly miss. Sad to	1.4×	0	571	45	0
67	Dec 21, '20	My brother @aibrahim0912 just got his first COVID-19 vaccine. He has been providing critical care to COVID-19 patients at the intensive care unit (ICU).	1.4×	0	689	34	1
68	May 31, '20	Local jail records show the vast majority of those arrested for rioting, unlawful assembly and burglary are Minnesotans. by @b_stahl and @AJInvestigates.	1.3×	0	374	138	6
69	Oct 27, '21	Who said it's hard to have a diverse newsroom?	1.3×	0	628	52	5
70	Oct 18, '16	Arabic anti-Trump billboard posted at Dearborn border: "Donald Trump, he can't read this, but he is afraid of it."	1.3×	0	333	182	0
71	Aug 2, '20	Living in Minnesota in a nutshell.	1.3×	0	511	111	4
72	Dec 5, '19	Kate Marston, a kindergarten teacher at an elementary school in Minnesota, has two dolls in her classroom that wear hijabs. When two of her students, who also wear hijabs, saw the	1.3×	0	487	102	7
73	Jan 11, '22	I am so excited to announce that Sahan Journal has received a grant from American Journalism Project (@JournalismProj) to expand news coverage in Minnesota. This will help transfor	1.3×	0	546	59	5
74	Oct 10, '20	"Third-world" refugee here. One of my brothers treats patients with heart problems, another educates hundreds of kids, and I run a nonprofit news outlet that strengthens democracy.	1.3×	0	543	77	5
75	Oct 22, '20	We won a national award!	1.3×	0	537	38	2
76	Aug 8, '20	"This is terrorizing our community. Please pray for us." An attack on an imam fractured his shoulder and terrified the Muslim community in Bloomington, Minnesota. by @AnsariHibah w	1.3×	0	341	136	2
77	Aug 30, '19	I briefly chatted with @IlhanMN and her husband Ahmed Hirsi tonight at an event at a Somali restaurant in Minneapolis. Her dad was also there. They were all happy and very friendly	1.2×	0	355	32	2
78	Dec 17, '20	The officer’s words—described as volatile, prejudiced, and horrific—remained a secret for five years. They highlight the Minneapolis Police Department’s troubled relationship with	1.2×	0	449	93	7
79	Jan 29, '20	BREAKING: Abdi Warsame appointed CEO of Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. He will become first Somali to lead a government agency.	1.2×	0	399	105	7
80	Feb 7, '18	BREAKING: Tnuza Hassan, a 19-year-old former student at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, was charged with attempting to provide material support to al-Qaeda, arson and making	1.1×	0	343	129	0
81	Mar 16, '19	Anab Gulaid, a lecturer at the University of Minnesota, has been named assistant deputy commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). She will be the first Som	1.1×	0	422	87	3
82	Aug 27, '20	Just imagine how the media would have covered the Kenosha shooting if the shooter had been a Muslim instead of a white male?	1.1×	0	409	99	2
83	Jan 18, '19	I’ve a prayer rug in our newsroom!	1.1×	0	462	59	1
84	Sep 9, '21	In a nutshell, this is what I have been up to in the last two years or so.	1.1×	0	498	36	5
85	Oct 7, '20	Bring it on!	1.1×	0	374	33	1
86	May 26, '20	The most accurate local headline so far about this heartbreaking incident.	1.1×	0	332	114	3
87	Dec 7, '21	Maine's fourth largest city selects Deqa Dhalac as the first Somali American mayor in U.S. “I’m glad that a little girl who looks like me will see me and think, ‘I can do that, too	1.0×	0	428	65	1
88	Oct 13, '21	I’m so thankful for everyone who has played a role in my personal and leadership development. It has been a privilege to build and lead the great team at Sahan Journal. I’m really	1.0×	0	441	31	0
89	May 28, '20	If you have a problem with Somalis, say so. But what's happening in Minneapolis has nothing to do with Somalia.	1.0×	0	372	70	4
90	May 25, '19	The Somali Twittersphere lit up three years ago today when @mattdpearce wrote a story about the day he went to a Somali restaurant in Minneapolis and forgot to eat a banana.	1.0×	0	366	66	27
91	May 1, '19	"Will other (white) officers be held accountable for killing civilians in Minnesota, in light of this verdict? Not likely." - Civil rights lawyer @nvlevy.	1.0×	0	365	98	1
92	Oct 28, '20	A local institution or someone should buy City Pages from the Star Tribune and then convert the alternative weekly into a nonprofit. We need more local sites in Minnesota producing	1.0×	0	364	84	2
93	May 1, '19	And @shaunking: "Had the roles been reversed and a white cop killed a Black Muslim immigrant woman, he’d get off. No question."	0.9×	0	350	77	2
94	Mar 22, '19	Here's a link to the news report: We need to hold news media outlets who do irresponsible journalism accountable. We can let these kinds of problematic racist narratives continue a	0.9×	0	354	55	0
95	Feb 25, '20	Someone at the Knight Media Forum just told me I don’t have a Minnesota accent when I told them I’m from Minnesota. I told him this is the new version of Minnesota accent. #kmf20	0.8×	0	398	31	0
96	Jun 10, '20	Oh, we won an award...Best Single News Story of 2019.	0.8×	0	362	23	2

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