I’M A PROUD Somalian and am actively involved with the Somali community in Ireland. At events, I help present aspects of Somali culture, including native dress such as the coantino. I also show pictures of Somalia before and after the war, which is
Out of Africa with Ifrah Ahmed I HAVE a wide circle of friends in Ireland, both Irish and African. We do the usual things – watch movies, go for dinner or shopping, just general girls’ stuff.
Out of Africa with Ifrah Ahmed I CAME TO Ireland without a word of English. Because of the war in Somalia, my native country, I didn’t have the opportunity to go to school. The war began in 1991, when I was just a baby, and it continues today.
IT WAS January 2006 when I arrived in Ireland – and it was cold. I had no English, knew nobody, and had no idea what would happen to me.