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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.
Somali Americans are citizens and residents of the United States who are of Somali descent. Pages in category "Somali-American history" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Somali-American history (18 P) Pages in category "Somali diaspora in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla, sociologist and politician; President of the Somali Family Care Network; Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia; Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator; Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
At least 44,000 Minnesota residents were born in Somalia and another 29,000 first-generation Somali Americans call the state home, according to data compiled by Minnesota Compass.. In the decades ...
The new community center is inviting all to the grand opening this weekend to learn about and celebrate Somali culture and history. 'Like roots:' Somali Museum of Ohio seeks to preserve and share ...
As of 2012 a Somali American also chaired the Republican Party's Immigrant Relations Committee in Minnesota. [22] In August 2018, Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary for Minnesota's 5th congressional district. In November 2018, she was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the first Somali-American elected to Congress.
The Fifth District also has the largest population of Somali Americans nationwide and constantly growing Muslim and immigrant populations, so it makes sense this district elected the first Muslim ...