The Youth/Dhallinyarada is a documentary project that profiles thirteen young Somali men living in Minnesota, who are actively and positively engaged in their community. This project highlights the contributions these men are making to America, their adopted homeland. Furthermore, the subjects of these photographs share the conflict they feel in just trying to be themselves, and as much as they try to adapt, they often feel foreign at home here in Minnesota. A multi-tiered approach is used in order to depict an in-depth portrait of these men. The first method is a traditional gallery show that will display thirteen large-format prints of the young men. In addition, a run of 2,000 32-page tabloid-sized newspapers will be printed and made available that includes photos and abbreviated testimony of the participants for widespread distribution throughout the community. On hand will be Conversations, a multimedia piece in which these young men share their journey to Minnesota, and the conflict they feel in trying to be themselves despite their attempts to belong here; as well as describe how they earnestly and indubitably engage in their community. CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITION: RELATED ESSAY | ![]() Abdirizaq Ahmed | ![]() Abdullahi Bashir | ![]() Abdi Phenomenal | ![]() Mohamoud Treek | ![]() Ahmed Ali | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel | ![]() Newsprint Publication: 32 pages: in both Somali and English text | ![]() Newsprint Publication: 32 pages: in both Somali and English text | ![]() Newsprint Publication: 32 pages: in both Somali and English text | ![]() Opening 7.13.2013 in the Edith Carlson Gallery at the Weisman Art Museum Mpls, mn Photo Courtesy Kaamil haider | ![]() Opening 7.13.2013 in the Edith Carlson Gallery at the Weisman Art Museum Mpls, mn Photo Courtesy Kaamil haider | ![]() Opening 7.13.2013 in the Edith Carlson Gallery at the Weisman Art Museum Mpls, mn Photo Courtesy Kaamil haider |