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Somalia Piracy

P.S. Don't Forget About Somalia

Thymaya Payne | Posted 03.27.2013 | Entertainment
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Thymaya Payne

Yusef is part of an entire generation of Somalis lost in a world that has forgotten them. I started my film trying to tell the story of the pirates, which continue to this day, but soon realized the real story was of the pain of the Somali people.

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Somalia's Best Bet?

The Huffington Post | Clare Richardson | Posted 09.29.2012 | World
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After 21 years of civil war and a 2011 drought that triggered what was called the "worst humanitarian disaster in the world" at the time, Somalia at l...

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Somali Pirates Free Fishers After Nearly 19 Months

AP | Posted 09.17.2012 | World
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's foreign ministry says a Taiwanese fishing vessel and its 26-member crew were freed after being held by Somali pirates for a...

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Pirates Attack Italian Ship

AP | Posted 12.10.2011 | World
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ROME — State TV in Italy says pirates have attacked an Italian cargo ship carrying 23 crew members in waters off Somalia. The ship's owner, D'A...

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"The Golden Age of Piracy" or Long John Silver in a Tank

Richard Spilman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Disney, Piracy, Somalia, US Navy, Anarchic Lawbreakers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Stephan Eklof, Pirates of the Caribbean, Golden Age of Piracy, Somalia Piracy, Modern Piracy, Andrew Leonard, St. Augustine Pirate Gathering, Disneyfication, Pirates Ship Somalia, Entertainment News
Richard Spilman

I do understand why folks have always had a fascination with pirates but my problem with Disney and other mass marketers is that they have attempted to make pirates cute and cuddly.

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