Fateh’s mayoral bid energizes Somali diaspora in Minneapolis
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Hundreds gathered Sunday night at the Brian Coyle Center, a community hub in Minneapolis’s Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood — often called “Little Mogadishu” — to support Omar Fateh, the first Somali American elected to theFateh’s mayoral bid energizes Somali diaspora in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Hundreds gathered Sunday night at the Brian Coyle Center, a community hub in Minneapolis’s Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood — often called “Little Mogadishu” — to support Omar Fateh, the first Somali American elected to the Minnesota State Senate and now the leading candidate in the city’s mayoral race. Fateh’s unlikely bid to become mayor of Minneapolis has become a rallying point not just for progressives, but for a global diaspora watching closely. Read more
