Dahabshiil 'Honoured' to Sponsor Somali Week Festival

Dahabshiil 'Honoured' to Sponsor Somali Week Festival PR Newswire LONDON, October 29, 2012 LONDON, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dahabshiil, the largest money transfer company in the Horn of Africa, has sponsored the 2012 Somali Week Festival in London - a week during which the diaspora community celebrated and honoured its heritage. Dahabshiil, which is also the largest private sector employer in the Somali region, joined the diaspora community in paying homage to Somali arts and culture. Kayd Somali Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the Redsea Online Cultural Foundation hosted this year's festival which officially began on 19 October and concluded on 28October following a week-long exhibition of Somali heritage and traditions. The Somali Week Festival was designed to showcase artistic excellence and to foster relationships between Somalis in the Horn of Africa and the diaspora community, as well as engaged non-Somalis. A number of high-profile guests attended to lend their support to the festival, including notable author Cabdalla Mansuur, poet and songwriter Mahamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi', inventor Hussein Sheikh Ahmed 'Kaddare', composer Evan Christopher and politician Abdidhuh Yusuf. The festival, held in Bethnal Green in east London was attended by thousands of people from the UK, US, Europe, Somaliland and Somalia.