Mogadishu — A high-level forum on the new era in Türkiye-Somalia relations opened here with a message that went far beyond diplomatic pleasantries. Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud, stood before an audience that included the Speaker of the House of the People, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, and laid out a vision of a relationship that has matured in remarkable ways. What once began as humanitarian and development engagement, he reminded everyone, has grown into a comprehensive strategic partnership. That partnership now stretches across security and defense, energy, fisheries, infrastructure, ports, aviation, investment, education, health, and institutional…

Long before the teleprompter and the burst of breaking-news notifications, there was a boy born into an Egyptian immigrant family in the metropolitan Detroit area, a kid whose name sounded unfamiliar to many Americans but felt like home in his own community. When President Donald Trump stood at a convention podium and aimed a stream of false, misleading claims at Abdul El-Sayed, the headline was built around the movement of a political machine—but the real story is much quieter, much more human, and far more important. El-Sayed is not the cartoon villain the speech tried to draw. He is a…