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Somali anthropology studies the way of life of the Somali people. Somalist anthropologists have in various books and papers documented traditional Somali social systems such as the ancient Xeer ( customary law ) and the clan system, and examined their role within Somali society.
New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) is the third-largest life insurance company [4] and the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, [5] and is ranked #71 on the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue. [6]
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
The 1963–1965 Ogaden rebellion was an uprising and insurgency by the Somali population of the Ogaden region in the Ethiopian Empire against attempts at taxation and cultural assimilation by the government of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Seymour "Sy" Sternberg (born June 24, 1943) is chairman and former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company.He retired as CEO on June 30, 2008. He also sits on the board of directors for the United States Chamber of Commerce, [1] Northeastern University, [2] CIT Group, [3] the New York City Leadership Academy, [4] and Express Scripts Holdings. [5]
Somalia, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, [b] is the easternmost country in continental Africa.The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti [14] to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east.
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The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa.