On International Women's Day, young women in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp say they see U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as a role model, not an anti-Semite.
Girls watch as a plane lands in Dadaab, Kenya, on Nov. 6, 2017. By Abdullahi Mire and Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow March 8 at 7:42 AM DADAAB, Kenya — Over Somalia’s three decades of nearly nonstop conflict, more than a million refugees have made their way into neighboring Kenya. For four years as a child, Rep. Ilhan Omar was one of them.
“In this part of the world we love her,” said Nyamouch Hoth, a 21-year-old South Sudanese woman. Hoth sat in an empty classroom with a friend, seeking shade from the 100-plus degree heat. On a piece of white printer paper, she sketched a portrait of Omar. Yussuf dreams about following Omar’s path but knows it’s likely out of reach for now, given the tightening restrictions on resettlement in the United States these days. She doesn’t want to go back to Somalia, even though the U.N. is offering money for those who voluntarily return. She believes her family will force her to marry someone against her will. In Dadaab at least, she can attend school and hang out with friends.
"Here, we eat once a day since food rations were reduced. If you are lucky, you might have two meals,” said Saadia Matan, a senior in high school in Dadaab. Her class has 86 students. Her favorite subject is biology, but there’s only one book for everyone to share.
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