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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.
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
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.
Pages in category "Somali diaspora in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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
A Somali shop on Lisbon Street. In 2011, there were an estimated 5,000 Somali immigrants in Lewiston. [1] Around 5,000 Somalis also resided in Portland. [2] According to the Immigrant Resource Center, there were approximately 7,500 immigrants from East Africa in Androscoggin County where Lewiston is located, including individuals from Somalia.
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.