At His Own Risk, Somali Chef Creates Gourmet Haven In War-Weary Mogadishu
Ahmed Jama was running a successful Somali cafe in southwest London when he decided it was time to go home. Against the urgent advice of friends, he returned to Mogadishu three years ago and started cooking. Jama epitomizes the spirit of rebirth in the city that has been brutalized by 21 years of civil war. As expatriates return to take their homeland back from warlords, terrorists and looters, Jama is doing his part to revive Mogadishu one prawn at a time. "This is all traditional Somali food," he says, standing in his open-air kitchen. "The soup I make from spinach, pumpkin, potatoes — all locally grown vegetables." The self-described "skinny, bald Somali guy" is surrounded by bubbling pots of broth and plates of lamb shoulder and lobster tails. His customers sit under a thatched roof on a floor of red African sand.
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Ahmed Jama
Overall Sentiment: -0.0347858
Relevance: 0.853658
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| 0 | "This is all traditional Somali food," he says, ... |
| 0 | "This is all traditional Somali food," he says, standing in his open-air kitchen. "The soup I make from spinach, pumpkin, potatoes — all locally grown vegetables." |
| -0.225385 | "[In the days] following the explosion I went in the kitchen," he says ... |
| -0.196728 | "[In the days] following the explosion I went in the kitchen," he says quietly, "in the kitchen cooking." |
| -0.0297074 | "I showed them I'm not going to give up. I showed them I'm still wanting to stay here," he says. |
| 0.148376 | Ahmed Jama says simply, "We're OK. We're open for business. People in Mogadishu are resilient." |
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Burhan Gutale
Overall Sentiment: -0.165733
Relevance: 0.249034
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| -0.264523 | "I cannot even explain to you the meaning of what happened in Somalia. The worst of the worst happened here," says Burhan Gutale, ... |
| 0 | "I remember when he [Jama] started here," Gutale continues, ... |
| 0 | He said, 'Listen, somebody has to start to do it. I have to create a place where people can come and talk decent. Let us do something different.' |
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Ismael Assir
Overall Sentiment: 0.418104
Relevance: 0.196406
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| 0.303008 | "Actually one of the reasons I moved back is, I was inspired by him. It takes a lot of courage," says Ismael Assir, ... |
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Fatima Abdullahi
Overall Sentiment: 0.0381672
Relevance: 0.167231
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| 0.181357 | "Yeah, it's something Mogadishu needed. Mogadishu was all traditional food, the same canteen-style. So it's great somebody comes and opens a restaurant and raises the standards," says Fatima Abdullahi, ... |
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City: Mogadishu
Overall Sentiment: -0.320708
Relevance: 0.936592
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FieldTerminology: Somali
Overall Sentiment: 0.373685
Relevance: 0.359748
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London-raised Ahmed Jama won't give up on Mogadishu, even though his restaurants have been attacked by suicide bombers more than once. In fact, he's leading the city's cultural revival, one dish at a time, by offering residents and visitors a taste of authentic Somali cuisine and hospitality.
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