"The White pearl of the Indian Ocean" by omar degan sharif, ,

Mogadishu , the capital city of Somalia was once known as the White Pearl of the Indian Ocean, for it's white beautiful buildings, the green palm trees and the blue of the ocean. Sadly in 1991 the civil war broke up destroying lives, families and infrastructures. For more than 25 years Somalia faced destabilization and internal conflict, but now the country is moving forward leaving behind it not only the dark past but also the beautiful buildings of the past that are now only a skeleton of what they used to be. The photo shows one of the most famous landmark of the nation , the Mogadishu lighthouse and a group of people standing on the ruins of the once called Palazzo Mediterraneo.
They are looking ahead , leaving behind a dark past of destruction and war.