Abdirizak Bihi
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Abdirizak Bihi ( so, Cabdirisaaq Biixi, ar, عبد الرزاق بيهي) is a
Somali-American 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 l ...
social activist. Since 1996, he has been an organizer within the Somali
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. 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.


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Living people Ethnic Somali people Somalian activists Somalian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) {{Somalia-bio-stub