Featured Work
Published elsewhere.
Selected features, interviews, and publication moments from across Abdishukri's editorial practice.
Aljazeera / 2019
Meet Somalia’s trailblazing female camel trader
Zamzam Yusuf, a grandmother of 29, is breaking barriers by entering the once men-only camel trading industry in Somalia.
Open Feature
BBC / 2025
How Somalis see the 'Black Hawk Down' battle three decades on
Binti Ali Wardhere lost many members of her family in the fighting
Open Feature
BBC / 2025
'It became one of the children' - Kenyan family on adopting orphaned cheetah cub
The cheetah is now being looked after in Nairobi
Open Feature
BBC / 2023
Why Somalia's once-banned boxing thrives in the former warzone
Boxing was once banned in Somalia, but the sport is being revived in the country still wracked by violence after years of civil war. The only official boxing club is proving a haven for some in the capital, Mogadishu.
Open Feature
BBC / 2026
Heavy gunfire in Somali capital as row over election delay escalates
Fighting continued overnight after breaking out on Wednesday evening
Open Feature