Ilhan Omar was raised in Baidoa, Somalia, and was born on October 4, 1982, in Mogadishu, Somalia. She had seven siblings, including her sister Sahra Noor, and was the youngest. Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a colonel in the Somali army under Siad Barre and also a teacher trainer.
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He is a native Somali from the Majeerteen clan in northeastern Somalia. When Ilhan was two years old, her Benadiri mother Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein passed away.
Her father and grandfather, both moderate Sunni Muslims who rejected the dogmatic Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, nurtured her. Some of Omar’s uncles and aunts were also employed as civil workers and educators, while her grandpa Abukar served as the director of Somalia’s National Marine Transport.
Omar is the first Somali American, first African-born naturalized citizen, and first woman of color to represent Minnesota in the US Congress. Along with Rashida Tlaib, she is one of the first two Muslim women to hold a congressional position. Because of her past, she has received several death threats and insulting remarks from political rivals, including Donald Trump.
Omar started her career as a community nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota, serving in that role in the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul region from 2006 to 2009. She oversaw the reelection campaign for Kari Dziedzic to the Minnesota State Senate in 2012. She worked as the Minnesota Department of Education’s outreach coordinator for child nutrition from 2012 and 2013.
Omar oversaw Andrew Johnson’s 2013 mayoral campaign in Minneapolis. She worked for Johnson as his top policy advisor from 2013 to 2015 after he was elected.
Ilhan Omar children: Ilwad Hirsi, Adnan Hirsi, Isra Hirsi
Together, they have a son and two daughters. They go by the names Adnan, Isra, and Ilwad Hirsi. Their firstborn is Isra. She was born on February 22, 2003, and in 2022 she will turn 18 years old. She is an environmentalist from the United States.
Between 2002 and 2003 saw the birth of their second child, Adnan. There isn’t much knowledge available about him. Ilwad, their youngest kid, was born in 2012.
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