For those of you who haven’t yet discovered the rave about the “S#%t Somali people say” videos, we thought we’d quickly bring you up to speed with parts one and two of the videos and at the same time feature the creative director behind the funny videos. Meet Zakaria “Tdotnerd” Salad who is the co-CEO of the new venture C.I.D. Pro TV. Zakaria is a creative director who works to ensure the art direction and related print, abstract, and avant garde concepts for  C.I.D. Pro TV in addition to co-running the day-to-day activities. Check out C.I.D. Pro TV Channel on YouTube here and follow Zakaria’s work on Twitter here. While you’re at it, listen to the C.I.D. Pro TV interview by Nomad Radio here. 

Ubah was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to immigrant parents from Somalia, and raised in Sweden. She is a model and a singer/song writer who released her first self-titled album in 2007. Music connection magazine described her music as reminiscent of Paul Simon’s Graceland period, has an exotic ambiance and world-music sensibility that are defly tethered within a pop structure. Listen to her album on iTunes here and visit her myspace page here.