SOMALI WORLD CUP REFEREE DENIED ENTRY TO UNITED STATES. (PHOTO).

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 Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to United States Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Artan, has been denied entry into the United States despite holding a valid visa, according to a senior official in Somalia’s sports ministry. Artan, who is set to become the first Somali referee to officiate at the FIFA World Cup finals, was stopped at Miami International Airport and subsequently returned to Istanbul, where he had been residing. The reason for the denial was not immediately disclosed. However, Somalia is among the countries affected by a travel ban introduced by the administration of Donald Trump. Reacting to the development, Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior adviser to Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and a former national team captain, described Artan as one of Africa’s most respected referees. “Omar Artan is among Africa’s most respected referees and deserves the support of the entire football community,” Abshir told AFP on Monday. He added that preventing the referee fro...

LUPITA NYONG'O COVERS VOGUE MAGAZINE,JULY ISSUE.

Starring on her first Vogue cover, 31-year-old Lupita Nyong'o opens about losing her anonymity and what it really takes to navigate the 'war zone' that is the red carpet               This is her first Vogue cover and 31 year old Kenya actress who was born in Mexico opens up to the magazine about losing her anonymity and what it really takes to navigate the war zone that is the red carpet.Lupita said ''for a split secord,i looked behind me to see who they were flashing at and it was me,that was,i think,the beginning of the end of my anonymity.Everyone said brace yourself Lupita,i didn't really understand what they ment and it was only once it was past that i realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience.Nothing can prepare you for awards season.The red carpet feels like a war zone,except you cannot fly or fight,you just have to stand there and take it''.More photos below.                                                                                                                                                  With the help of her stylist, Micaela Erlanger, Lupita has gone from a theater student at Yale to a Oscar-winning read carpet favorite; pictured wearing Ralph Lauren at the Golden Globes (left) and Prada at the Oscars (right)With the help of her stylist, Micaela Erlanger, Lupita has gone from a theater student at Yale to a Oscar-winning read carpet favorite; pictured wearing Ralph Lauren at the Golden Globes (left) and Prada at the Oscars (right)                            Lupita Nyong'o quickly gained fashion icon status thanks to her daring red carpet choices; pictured wearing Fausto Puglisi at the 2014 Maui Film Festival (left) and Prada the Met Ball (right)Lupita Nyong'o quickly gained fashion icon status thanks to her daring red carpet choices; pictured wearing Fausto Puglisi at the 2014 Maui Film Festival (left) and Prada the Met Ball (right)

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