somali refugees
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President Trump Told Me to Go Back to Somalia. So, I Did
Last July, President Trump made headlines by lashing out at a group of progressive congresswomen—among them Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the first Somali elected to Congress—and told them to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.” Days later, crowds at a Trump rally were crying out Ilhan…
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‘I Am the Face of a Refugee’: Iman Joins Humanitarian Leader CARE as Its 1st Global Advocate
She’s been a supermodel, a beauty industry entrepreneur and pioneer, a fashion designer, activist, mother, and wife and partner to a rock star. But the fashion industry icon known simply as Iman wants to remind us that she is also a refugee. On Tuesday, the Somali-American beauty, born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, announced a new role:…
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Where Would You Like Us to Go Back To, Mr. President?
When I came to this country, America stood as a nation of hope to young children in forgotten and faraway lands. It once welcomed children like myself—and children like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)—with open arms. That is why it was so incredibly painful to see a U.S. president goad his supporters in the racist, xenophobic…
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White Men Convicted of Plotting to Bomb Somali Muslims Claim Trump and Russian Bots Made Them Do It
Three white men convicted of planning to bomb a Muslim Somali community in Kansas are appealing for lighter sentences by saying that Russian propaganda and Donald Trump’s hateful, racist rhetoric is to blame for their actions. Attorneys for Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright filed court documents on Tuesday claiming that their clients were…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Time for Ilhan Reminds Us That Hope Can Make History
In 1993 I left my birthplace of Minneapolis, seeking a hopefully glamorous future in New York City. Two years later, a 12-year-old Ilhan Omar and her family sought out Minneapolis as the site for their future, after spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp and escaping war in their native Somalia. They weren’t alone;…