Nimo-Ilhan Ahmed Ali is a doctoral researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her PhD research examined the expansion of higher education sector in Somaliland. She has been involved in the initial planning of the Somaliland National Employment Strategy. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/nimo-ilhan-ali/rss en Crises & Conflicts Refugee Voices Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:02:15 +0000 Nimo-Ilhan Ahmed Ali https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/06/tackling-tahriib-somali-parents-struggle-to-keep-their-kids-at-home https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/06/tackling-tahriib-somali-parents-struggle-to-keep-their-kids-at-home Researcher Nimo-Ilhan Ahmed Ali on the families in Somaliland doing their utmost to protect their children from making the perilous journey to Europe, including buying them taxis or paying for foreign degrees. Crises & Conflicts Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:58:55 +0000 Nimo-Ilhan Ahmed Ali https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/11/peer-pressure-drives-somalis-to-risk-europe-odyssey https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/11/peer-pressure-drives-somalis-to-risk-europe-odyssey In an extract from her new book, researcher Nimo-ihan Ali looks at how unrealistic images of life in Europe shared on social media are prompting young Somalis to migrate.