Asha Siad

Asha Siad is a Somali-Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has contributed to CBC News, Shaw TV, Frontiere News, Hiiraan Online and The Calgary Journal. She recently hosted and produced a three-part documentary series for Shaw TV Calgary that follows the lives of everyday Canadians creating new beginnings. Asha has traveled to Italy to shed light on stories of African asylum-seekers and migrants. Her passion for storytelling has allowed her to report on multiple platforms to deliver reports that dig deeper and expands the dialogue. She is interested in human security and global migration.
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Stories don’t end and other lessons from migrants at sea

Stories don’t end and other lessons from migrants at sea

There are stories that you will never forget as a journalist, especially the stories you did not capture. I was standing inside of a narrow hallway in Centro Astalli, a soup kitchen for refugees located in the center of Rome. It was 2:00pm and time for the kitchen to open. Within seconds the queue of young African and Middle Eastern men outside began rushing down the stairs, immediately flooding the hallway. Waves of conversations in a multitude of languages from Tigrinya to Arabic echoed throughout the center. I saw a familiar face in the crowd, a young Ghanaian migrant whom…
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