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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.
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
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This page lists notable citizens of the United States of full or partial Somali ethnic descent. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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.
A recycling sign in Minnesota with instructions in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. Politically, a Somali American Caucus in the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) was formed to represent the Somali community. [21] As of 2012 a Somali American also chaired the Republican Party's Immigrant Relations Committee in Minnesota. [22]
September 19, 1997) – American fashion model. She is noted for being the first Somali-American to compete and become a semi-finalist in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. [1] Jawahir Ahmed (b. 1991) – Somali-American model; as Miss Somalia, won 2013 Miss Africa Utah and was 2nd runner up in the 2013 Miss United Nations USA pageant
The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa.