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List Of Somali Americans
This is a list of Somali Americans. Fashion *Halima Aden, fashion model * Jawahir Ahmed, fashion model and beauty pageant winner * Iman, supermodel, actress and entrepreneur *Muna Khalif, fashion designer and legislator; MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia * Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim, fashion designers; founders of Mataano *Fatima Siad, fashion model Media * Abdisalam Aato, film director, producer, entrepreneur and media consultant; founder of Olol Films *Mona Kosar Abdi, multimedia journalist * Barkhad Abdi, actor, film director and producer * Fathia Absie, broadcaster, writer and filmmaker *Faysal Ahmed, actor *Said Salah Ahmed, playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker *Alisha Boe, actress * Idil Ibrahim, film director, producer and entrepreneur; founder of Zeila Films * Barni Ahmed Qaasim, multimedia artist and filmmaker *Abdirahman Yabarow, journalist Society and politics * Asha Ahmed Abdalla, politician; member of the Transitional Federal Parliament * Raqiya Haji Dualeh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somali Americans
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland. They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived. However, it was not until the mid and late 1990s when the civil war in Somalia broke out that the majority of Somalis arrived in the United States. The Somali community in the U.S is now among the largest in the Somali diaspora. History The earliest ethnic Somali immigrants to the United States were sailors who arrived in the 1920s, mainly from British Somaliland. Eventually acquiring American citizenship, they actively participated in the Somali independence movement and served as key liaisons whenever Somali political figures visited the UN headquarters. For their substantial contributions to Somali society, these early Somali expatriates were rewarded with medals by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Ahmed Abdalla
Asha Ahmed Abdalla ( so, Casha Axmed Cabdalla; ar, عائشة أحمد عبد الله; born 1958) is a Somalis, Somali politician. She was a founding member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, and is a veteran legislator representing the northern Sanaag constituency. Biography Abdalla was born in 1958 in the town of Erigavo, situated in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia. She spent her early childhood in Yemen, and returned to Somalia in the late 1960s. Abdalla later moved to the United States to pursue higher studies, graduating from LaGuardia Community College, La Guardia College in New York City. She holds dual Somali and American citizenship. Political career In 2000, Abdalla attended the peace conference on Somalia held in Arta, Djibouti. Because of her pivotal role in the talks, she was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Transitional National Government (TNG). Abdalla was subsequently appointed to various ministerial positions in the TNG. The latter inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota House Of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Offices for members and staff, as well as most committee hearings, are located in the nearby State Office Building. History Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, women were eligible for election to the Legislature. In 1922, Mabeth Hurd Paige, Hannah Kempfer, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough, and Myrtle Cain were elected to the House of Representatives. Elections Each Senate district is divided in half and given the suffix ''A'' or ''B'' (for example, House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Members are elected for two-year terms. Districts are redrawn after the decennial United States Census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. The most recent election was hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodan Hassan
Hodan Hassan (born February 1, 1982) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Hassan represents District 62A, which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Early life, education, and career Hassan immigrated to the United States from Somalia and moved to Minneapolis in 1999. She attended Metropolitan State University, graduating with a B.A. in social work, and Augsburg University, graduating with a M.A. in social work. Hassan is a mental health clinician and the executive director for Pathways 2 Prosperity. She has worked as a senior clinical social worker for Hennepin County. After two of her nieces were badly hurt in an Al-Shabaab terrorist shooting, Hassan became active in fighting extremism in Minnesota and rebuilding trust between Somali Minnesotans and the government. In 2015, she visited the White House as part of a Summit on Countering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed M
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Jibrell
Fatima Jibrell ( so, Fadumo Jibriil, ar, فاطمة جبريل; born December 30, 1947) is a Somali-American environmental activist. She was the co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (now Adeso), co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking, and was instrumental in the creation of the Women's Coalition for Peace. Biography Jibrell was born on December 30, 1947, in Sanaag, Somaliland to a nomadic family.Geoffrey Gilbert, ''World poverty'', (ABC-CLIO: 2004), p.111 Her father was a Merchant Navy, merchant marine who settled in New York City. As a child in Somalia, she attended a British boarding school until the age of 16, when she left the country to join her father in the United States. There, Jibrell graduated from Temple High School.Dorothy Otien"Environmentalist Who Returned From USA to Salvage Forests"''East African Standard'' (June 26, 2002) In 1969, she returned to Somaliland and worked for the government, whereafter she married her h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon State Senate
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 127,700. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Oregon state senators serve four-year terms without term limits. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down the decade-old Oregon Ballot Measure 3, that had restricted state senators to two terms (eight years) on procedural grounds. Like certain other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the United States Senate, the state Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to state departments, commissions, boards, and other state governmental agencies. The current Senate president is Peter Courtney of Salem. Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, New Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayse Jama
Kayse Jama is an American politician currently serving as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate, representing Oregon's 24th Senate district, which includes parts of Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas and Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah Counties. Jama was appointed by the Clackamas and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to replace Shemia Fagan, who was elected Oregon Secretary of State in 2021. Early life and education Kayse Jama was born into a nomadic family in Somalia. At eight years old, he moved to the capital, Mogadishu, to begin his education. Jama graduated from high school just as the civil war erupted, and he lived as a refugee for several years before arriving in San Diego in 1998. He settled in Portland, Oregon, shortly thereafter. He staffed the front desk at the Portland DoubleTree Hotel and helped other newly arrived refugees adapt to life in the United States as a case manager at Lutheran Community Services Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisa Hajimumin
Anisa Abdulkadir Hajimumin ( so, Anisa Cabdulqaadir Xaajimuumin, ar, أنيسة حاجي المؤمن) (born November 20, 1978) is a Somali American politician, social activist and writer. She is the Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland. Background Hajimumin was born in the Puntland region, situated in northeastern Somalia. She later moved to Minneapolis, where she earned a BA in Women Studies from Metropolitan State University. She also graduated in Public Administration specializing on public policy analysis and human resource development at Hamline University Hamline University is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1854, Hamline is known for its emphasis on experiential learning, service, and social justice. The university is named after Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline o .... Additionally, Hajimumin previously worked as an immigration paralegal Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. In 2013, she founded Hajimumin & Associates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimco Ahmed
Nimco Ahmed ( so, Nimco Axmed, ar, نمعة أحمد) is a Somali-American political activist. She serves as the State Director for the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). In this capacity, she facilitated caucus training through the DFL Somali Caucus. Ahmed is also a policy aide for the vice president of the Minneapolis City Council. Additionally, she co-founded the Minnesota League of Young Voters, as well as the FATA non-profit organization. From 2009 to 2010, Ahmed was a policy fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw .... She was likewise selected as one of two young "Women to Watch" by the Minnesota Women's Political Caucus. Besides political work, Ahmed serves on the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdirizak Bihi
Abdirizak Bihi ( so, Cabdirisaaq Biixi, ar, عبد الرزاق بيهي) is a Somali-American social activist. Since 1996, he has been an organizer within the Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... Bihi is the Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center. In this capacity, he has worked toward educating and training Somali leaders for civic action. References Living people Ethnic Somali people Somalian activists Somalian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) {{Somalia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abukar Arman
Abukar Arman ( so, abukar Carman, ar, أبوبكر أرمان) is a Somali political analyst, writer and former Special Envoy to the United States. Arman is also a widely published foreign policy specialist, writing extensively on Somalia and international political affairs. References External linksEurasia Review – Abukar Arman {{DEFAULTSORT:Arman, Abukar Living people Ethnic Somali people Somalian diplomats Somalian writers Somalian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
