2.7K views · 58 reactions | Ilhan Omar has become the first American-Somali to be elected to the US Congress. Ms Omar, who fled civil war in Somalia as a child and spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya, won Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District in the mid-term elections. She is also the joint first Muslim woman to be elected to Congress, alongside Rashida Tlaib. | 5Pillars | Facebook

3.8K views · 51 reactions | Minneapolis: First Somali Museum in the world! Meet Osman Ali, Founder of The Somali Museum of Minnesota. He followed his passion & dream to create the FIRST Somali Museum since the the civil war in Somalia. His inspiring story will keep history alive for generations of Somalis. | Sommode | Facebook