My journey to journalism

By Aden Dahir

People are always in situations of taking decisions, not just in professional life but also in personal life. Each decision that we take draws the map of our lives. That is why it is important to know how to draw the map right-take the right decisions. It should be mentioned that when a person takes a certain decision it affects other people too, and it is a serious responsibility that should be taken seriously.

The dream to be Mass Communication student was  journey which started in 1997, when I was an intermediate student in Somalia. I was usually reading daily news papers and monthly magazines, listening to BBC Focus on Africa and BBC Somali Service,  I imagined about how I would become  a journalist one day.

 Of course, it was a great time for me, because I realized that having an imagination is important for every one who wants to achieve something. Sometimes your goal could be beyond your imagination, or less than what you expect to be in your coming days, however it doesn’t matter on which level you reached, but  made you grow personally is what counts. 
All days are not the same, there are bright days for every one as well as dark ones. For me at 12th December 1997, at 20:20 pm after I watched the news hour on BBC World News, I decided to be a journalist.  It was hard decision that made me struggle for many years.

In my high school I used to write articles and features for the monthly school magazine, and ultimately I became the Editor of that magazine for one and half year. Through that job, I became a reporter for a city newspaper.

In March 2006 I achieved another targeted goal; as I became a news-team member of Al-Jazeera office in Mogadishu-Somalia.  I remember my first day.

After the final decision that I had taken, I started for searching universities in Asian countries including Pakistan, for Mass communication studies. I sent my academic documents to the Embassy of Somalia in Islamabad and after a few weeks and the embassy had informed me that my admission documents were submitted to KU and is going to announce the admission in the coming weeks.  After 30 days the admissions of Karachi University were announced and fortunately my name was amongst the list of those who had been  selected as the batch of 2013. After completing of all necessary requirements eventually I joined University of Karachi to be a Mass Communication Student that I am in today.

  Ten years back I had a  beautiful dream that become reality today. Now I have another dream that I decline to mention it here and now in the hope that they would become true, Inshallah. Believe in what you want to achieve and what you are motivated to do. You will reach your target.