User:Abdi Yuusuf

Abdirahman Yousuf
Abdirahman Yousuf (Cabdiraxman Yuusuf,is a Somali boy, and the author of Meeting a Role Model . Abdirahman Yuosuf was born in Burao District,  Somaliland, and he lived there for fourteen years. For the rest of his life, he lived in Hargeisa District Somaliland. In the year 2010, he became a memeber of Abaarso Tech . The school that Abdirahman now goes to is Abaarso Tech. Abdirahman  is eleventh grade, and he works at chicken farm at his school. Abdirahman likes watching, reading, and most importantly, playing football.

Personal Life
Abdirahman's family consists of eight siblings, one mother, and one father. His father married his mother in 1982, and he was born after fourteen years; in December, 1995. He was born in a small village called Beer at a time that war was going on in between the clans that live in my country. The year that I was born was four years after the destruction of the Somali government in 1991. In 1991, Somaliland separated from Somalia, and the clans were fighting for who would have a great political influence in the country. The biggest problem was that the war was going on for a long time, as every clan had enough weapons to fight as long as their adversaries were capable of fighting; this meant that famine, disease, and ignorance were making their land their home. His family evacuated from Burao District in the same year that he was born; He was in his mother's womb for six months then, and they had to live in Beer. He grew up in Beer, and then in the year 1997, he came back to Burao District when his family decided it was safe. As soon as his family settled in Burao District, he went to a madrasah. When he reached six, he joined a school and started going to the madrasah in the afternoon. Talking about his life, Abdirahman said, "Every day I had to sit under a tree and learn on a small rectangular wood piece that my father bought for me. Cheerfully, I was an astute learner in the school; I would rank the first three positions every year, and I was nominated as the most respectful student in class. Also in the madrasah, I did things that fascinated my family; I did great in the Koran, Tajwid, and Qur'an. The teacher at the madrasah named me after Imam Shafi'i, a great Muslim scholar. The teacher also used to call me every time we had visitors, so that I can recite parts of the Koran."

Education
Abdirahman came to Abaarso School in 2010 after transferring from another school. "At Abaarso Tech, things were better," he says. He joined a great voluntary work-time that helps the school environment. He went to that project for three days a week. Why? "Because I want to make the school better.

--Abdirahman (talk) 01:12, 27 February 2013 (UTC)