Yameen Rasheed: The Rilwan Story
“I remember the exact moment when I first saw Ahmed Rilwan,” Yameen Rasheed wrote. “It was late 2009, and I had just arrived in the Maldives.”
22 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
April 23 2018 will mark a year since blogger and satirist Yameen Rasheed was murdered. This article was published in February 2015 and has been reproduced with the kind permission of Yameen’s family.
I remember the exact moment when I first saw Ahmed Rilwan. It was late 2009, and I had just arrived in the Maldives. Some bloggers had gotten together to sort of welcome me and get introduced. We were sitting in a sea-side café at night, when he walked in with two other well known bloggers.
We hit it off instantly – and met several times in the subsequent weeks. I remember it all. The free flowing conversations; his brilliant mind brimming with ideas; his incredible knowledge and insight into Dhivehi culture and language; his unique, delightful sense of humour; the silver caps visible when he grinned. I became immediately hooked.
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