Osama Loves is in the The Sun today!
The article displays 30 Osamas and gives an entertaining overview of the project.
I'm not sure Farrah sees herself as a peace activist, but on reflection that is exactly what this project is about.
Read the full article at The Sun online.
Well done Farrah and Masood!
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As an avid London lover of dancehall and reggae, the last thing I expected to hear when asking this fresh-faced northern Nigerian Osama what he loved was controversial artist "Beenie Man". It almost made me fall off my chair how immediately singing the lyrics "zim zimmer" united as as a cultural reference point!
The concept of Jamaica somehow importing beats back to West Africa after hundreds of years of separation from its roots strikes me as poignant - a kind of musical re-fertilisation. There was no mistaking this boys' dedication to dancehall as he stuck on one of his very own tunes under his stage name of Osama bin Music. With a finesse worthy of his own carnival soundsystem, Osama bin Music delivered his rhymes about riding round Kano ("K-town city!") in an imported car and picking up his "gyal dem suga" who is dressed gorgeously, as if for the annual Eid procession led by the Emir of Kano! Check him out -I still can't get the chorus out of my head: "C'mon everybody let's groove on!"
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Farrah and Masood are now en route to their next destination - Cairo, Egypt!
They are winging their way there now so in the meantime, here is a photo Farrah sent of her new dress! Osama the Tailor made it... good eh?
Find out more about Osama the Tailor!
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Show your support for Farrah and Masood and their mission to find 500 people called Osama by joining the Osama Loves Facebook group.
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Farrah and Masood have reached northern Nigeria. They should be back online shortly. The word is they've got some great Osamas for you to meet.
As Farrah and Masood make their way to northern Nigeria, Osama HQ would like to 'rewind' to one of our favourite Osamas of the journey so far.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we give to you
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Less than 48 hours into their mission and Masood and Farrah are already making the headlines.
Farrah and Masood left Osama HQ in a bit of a hurry yesterday and now we know why. Introducing you to Osama the Student from Warwick, the first of many – Inshallah!
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It's just five days to go before the start of Farrah and Masood's big adventure and things are hotting up at Osama HQ. Remember Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on the Long Way Down with their vast support team and an aircraft hanger full of supplies? Well looking around us all we can see is a couple of laptops, a camera and a map of the world and that's it!
Farrah and Masood are recovering from their week long hostile environments course and by all accounts it was pretty intense. They'll be in in the next couple of hours for the final production meeting before they head off.
Over the next few days they'll be blogging about their final preparations and thoughts about the journey ahead and no doubt asking for your help.
Osama HQ
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