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| Success in Atlanta! |
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| Written by Harari Congress | |||
| Sunday, 12 July 2009 11:17 | |||
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Success in Atlanta!
We, Congress members and leadership always see a glass half full! We measure success with each Harari we gain.
“Roqqe natqibabli bilay Roqqe antixalaf”
Kabir Abdulmuheymin Abdunassir
@ the 2nd Harari Congress Annual Conference
The Harari Congress in Diaspora successfully concluded its 2nd Annual conference in the City of Atlanta on Saturday, July 4th, 2009. As success is always measured against objectives set to achieve, the Annual Harari Congress in Diaspora Conference was indeed a success with respect to connecting to Hararis in Diaspora, raising awareness to, especially the youth, women and prominent Harari Historians who participated and gave the Conference its significant meaning. In addition, the Congress succeeded to recruit new members from various parts of the world with valuable skills and experience.
  
The Conference began with MC Mahdi M. Ali (PR Director) welcoming all attendees to the Conference, followed with a beautiful recitation from the Holy Quran by Abubaker Sherif – an eight years old from Atlanta, afterwards, the attendees greeted by a welcome speech from both Chairs – Gessi Abduljawad A. Faqih (Congress Chair) and Gessi Zakaria A. Salman (Chair-Atlanta Harari Community). Chairman Gessi Abduljawad Faqih welcomed all guests and thanked the Atlanta community for their warm welcome and hospitality to the Harari Congress members. He explained in brief the process leading to the establishment of the Congress in 2008, and the discussions and consultations that preceded the new organizational model of No Harari left behind. Gessi Zakaria A. Salman, on his speech praised the Congress’s vision and work and urged all attendees to work together with the Congress in the future.
Gessi Mohammed A. Zakaria, (Secretary General of the Harari Congress) delivered a PowerPoint presentation addressing the purpose of establishing the Congress, 2008 -2009 Organizational Readiness and 2009 -2010 projected work plan.
Among the highlights of the Conference, the youth guest speakers who emotionally addressed the current youth issues and concerns in Diaspora relating it with their own personal perspectives and upbringing. Eman Abdulwadud Jamie and Rani Farid Tawfiq, both called attention to the importance of youth participation in various facets of Harari heritage and language issues, at the same time, young Lawyer Nadia Abdullahi Shash from Washington DC, relating it also to her own personal experience, underlined Education as the key to success.
The Conference attendees got their powerful message and wisdom from Professor Ahmed Zakaria and Kabir Abdulmuheymin Abdunassir who were both impressed with the fundamental concept behind the establishment of the Congress. Both chief Harari personalities encouraged all attendees to never give up the struggle to revive the Harari nation in every way possible, and, assured the youth that the Harari heritage and language will never vanish. Both guest speakers concluded by expressing their desire to assist the Congress in the future. The full transcript of both Professor Ahmed Zakaria and Kabir Abdulmuheymin Abdbunassir will be posted soon on our site due to its valuable content that we cannot afford to miss.
The Harari Congress is hounerd to accept an award from Amana kids and would like to thank them for their noble contribution towards orphans in Harar. The Harari Congress is commited to work with them in partnership to fullfill our common objectives
On the entertainment side during break, Mansur Kabir entertained attendees with his newly composed Congress song and with a beautiful poem he wrote about our beloved homeland Harar. Over all, and, through the weeklong HSCF celebration, the huge crowd of Hararis, mostly dominated by youth was made aware of the establishment of the Congress through flyers and posters. The Congress also recruited new members and did a modest fundraising effort by selling beautifully designed Congress T- shirts and a copied version of the UNESCO Prize Certificate. The Congress is encouraged receiving exceptional feedbacks from attendees about the new organizational concept and its performance in the past two years.
Finally, the Congress would like to thank all invitees and guest speakers, especially our young Abubaker Zaki Sherif, Zakaria A. Salman, the Atlanta Harari Community and the leadership, Eman Abdulwadud Jami, Rani Farid Tawfiq, Nadia Abdullahi Shash, Professor Ahmed Zakaria, Kabir Abdulmuheymin Abdunassir, our Congress Atlanta Chapter, Mansur Kabir and all Hararis who attended and made our 2nd Annual Conference a success.
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| Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 12:04 |
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