Hodan Nalayeh
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Hodan Nalayeh (Somali: Hodan Naalaye; Arabic: هودان نالايآه; 1976 – July 12, 2019) was a Somali-Canadian media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and businesswoman. She was the President of the Cultural Integration Agency and the Vice President of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International. She was also a television producer who worked on American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.[1] She was born in Las Anod, Somalia.
She lived in Toronto, Ontario. Nalayeh and her husband Farid were killed during a terrorist attack at Hotel Asasey in Kismayo, Somalia, on July 12, 2019.[2]
References
- ↑ International Award-Winning, Cameraworks Productions, Introduces VP, Sales & Programming DevelopmentCameraworks Productions International. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Dalsan, Radio. BREAKING Intergration TV's Hodan Naaleye and husband Farid confirmed dead in the #Kismayo Alshabaab attack. Hodan established the first diaspora english online TV covering life of Somalis in diaspora and in Somalia. She was expectant at the time of her death #Somaliapic.twitter.com/eidSTjwDLj (in en). @DalsanFM (2019-07-12). Retrieved 2019-07-12.