12/02/2019
Actor Dreams of Second Chance as Somalia Rebuilds its Theater
Abdulle Abdi Mohamud stands outside Somalia?s National Theatre seven years after a suicide bomb attack shut it down, and dares to dream of an unlikely second act for the venue - and his own acting career. Around him, builders heave loads of cement, saw at wooden scaffolding and shift piles of rubble as they prepare to reopen the building in May, even as the Islamist insurgency rages on. Organisers say they will premiere a classic Somali musical extravaganza...
