One Somali Family, Two Deadly Tragedies

This is a tragic case of like father, like son. On Dec. 3, 2009, an al-Shabab suicide bomber attacked the graduation ceremony of Mogadishu's Banadir University, killing 25 people, including government ministers, doctors and students. Among those killed was Mohamed Adam Shahid, one of the country's leading embryologists. Dr. Shahid was a founding member of the university and a lecturer at the school. His son Duale was one of the students graduating that day in the ballroom of...

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