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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-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.
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
Somali Americans are citizens and residents of the United States who are of Somali descent. Pages in category "Somali-American history"
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.
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 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.
Somali Americans; Somali Australians; H. History of Somalis in Maine; I. Somalis in India; P. Somalis in Pakistan; S. Somali Canadians This page was last edited on 29 ...