STORY: Mogadishu residents flock to book

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 19/AUGUST/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHORT LIST
1. Wide shot of the venue of the Mogadishu Book Fair.
2. Medium shot of venue of the book fair with participants outside.
3. Wide shot of the meeting room of the book fair (panning from right
to left)
4. Medium shot of some of the speakers at the book fair addressing the
audience.
5. Wide shot of the speakers at the book fair addressing the audience.
6. Wide shot of participants attending the Mogadishu Book Fair.
7. Medium shot some of the participants attending the Mogadishu
Book Fair.
8. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH): MOHAMED SHEIKH ALI - FOUNDER OF
THE MOGADISHU BOOK FAIR.
Right now we are in the process of building the new
Somalia and we really wanted one of the pillars of the
new Somalia to be books, knowledge and literature so
that we can have a more tolerant, more literate and
more peaceful society.
9. Medium shot of a participant admiring books at an exhibition at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
10.
Close up shot of a participant's hand turning pages of one of
the books on display at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
11.
Medium shot of one of the exhibitors at her counter at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
12.
Wide shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
13.
Wide shot of some of the books on display at the exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
14.
Close up on one of the books on display at the exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.

15.
Medium shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
16.
Medium shot of one of the exhibitors as she reads a book at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
17.
SOUNDBITE (SOMALI): BAHJA ALI MOHAMUD - YOUNG
AUTHOR
Given that the majority of the Somalis are young, I
wanted to be an example to them and encourage them
to write and also show them that they can make an
impact in writing.
18.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH): ABUKAR ALBADRI - SOMALI
AUTHOR
I am feeling that we are ending the history of being
an oral society. We are beginning an era of writing and
I am very proud to be part of it.
19.
Wide shot of participants inside the meeting room at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
20.
Close up of a participant's phone recording a session inside
the meeting room at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
21.
Wide shot of two speakers as they address participants at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
22.
Medium shot of one of the speakers addressing the audience
at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
23.
Medium shot of two participants attending the Mogadishu
Book Fair.
24.
Wide shot of participants inside the meeting room at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
25.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH): OLGAN BEKAR - TURKISH
AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA
This is a great sign of normalization of this country.
Over 70 percent of the population of the country is
young and we can see them here. We consider them to
be the real owners of this country.
26.
Wide shot of participants inside the meeting room at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
27.
Medium shot of participants inside the meeting room at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.
28.
Medium shot of two participants inside the meeting room
reading a book at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
29.
Medium shot of one of the participants inside the meeting
room at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
30.
Medium shot of two participants inside the meeting room at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
31.
Wide shot of two speakers as they address participants at the
Mogadishu Book Fair.

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SOUNDBITE (SOMALI): MOHAMED-WALI ABDIMANAN
SHEIKH RASHID - EXHIBITOR
We are very happy with the book fair because of the
people did not know where to find us. We have met
customers here and have a lot (books) for them. The
people are happy with our products and we thank them
for coming.
33.
Wide shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
34.
Wide shot of one of the exhibitors at a display in an exhibition
hall at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
35.
Medium shot of some of the books on display at an exhibition
at the Mogadishu Book Fair.
36.
Medium shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
37.
Wide shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
38.
Medium shot of one of the exhibitors at the Mogadishu Book
Fair.
39.
Medium shot of participants admiring books at an exhibition at
the Mogadishu Book Fair.
STORY: Mogadishu residents flock to book fair.
Mogadishu, 19 August 2016 - The Mogadishu Book Fair, which
seeks to improve literacy and the art of writing in Somalia, entered
its third and final day Friday, attracting hundreds of book lovers who
turned up to meet and greet their favourite authors.
The annual exhibition, which opened Wednesday, was attended by
more than a dozen local and international authors, as well as
dignitaries, including Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud,
and the Turkish Ambassador to Somalia, Olgan Bekar.
Mohamed Sheikh Ali Ahmed, popularly known as Diini, the brains
behind the Mogadishu Book Fair, said this years event was bigger
than the previous one. Somalia has one of the lowest literacy rates
in the world with only 37.8 percent of the population being literate.
Right now we are in the process of building the new Somalia and
we really wanted one of its pillars to be books and knowledge and
literature so that we can have a more tolerant, more literate and
more peaceful society, Diini, a motivational speaker said.
Both young and old jostled to find space in the main hall to listen to
lectures by their favourite authors, who occasionally cracked jokes
that threw their loyal fans into prolonged laughter. The authors also

fielded questions from the crowd, who were eager to learn more
about reading and writing.
One of the youngest authors at the fair was 21-year-old Bahja Ali
Mohamud, a social science student at SIMAD University, who was
elated to rub shoulders with some of Somalias best authors.
Given that the majority of the Somalis are young, I wanted to be
an example to them and encourage them to write and also show
them that they can make an impact in writing, Mohamud observed.
Abukar Albadri, another author at the exhibition, said the fair
heralded a new beginning, adding that he was proud to be part of
the crowd that turned up to celebrate literacy.
I am feeling that we are ending the history of being an oral society.
We are beginning an era of writing and I am very proud to be part of
it, Abukar said.
The Turkish Ambassador to Somalia, Olgan Bekar, hailed the book
fair as a major milestone, symbolic of the positive change sweeping
through the country.
This is a great sign that normalization is taking root in the country.
Over 70 percent of the population of the country is young and we
can see them here. We consider them to be the real owners of this
country, Ambassador Bekar said.
Others used the golden opportunity to market their businesses,
which were hitherto known by only a small section of the population.
We are very happy with the book fair because people did not know
where to find us. We have met customers here and have many
books available for them. The people are happy with our products
and we thank them for coming, Mohamed-Wali Abdimanan Sheikh
Rashid, an exhibitor working with Zeyla Publishing House said.
Peace and security is returning to Somalia, thanks to joint efforts by
the African Union troops and Somali security forces.