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Line 10: − Omar was born in Somalia in 1983, but she and her family fled the country in 1991 as a result of the escalating civil war in that country. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995, when Omar, her sister Sahra, and their father were granted asylum in the United States and relocated to Minnesota. +
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==Life==
==Life==
Ilhan Nur Said Elmi was born in Somalia in 1983, but she and her family fled the country in 1991 as a result of the escalating civil war in that country. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995, when Ilhan, her sister Sahra, and their father were granted asylum in the United States under the name of the Omar family. They relocated to Minnesota.
Omar became a naturalized citizen in 2001. She moved to [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] in 2009 and attended North Dakota State University for two years before returning to Minnesota.
Omar became a naturalized citizen in 2001. She moved to [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] in 2009 and attended North Dakota State University for two years before returning to Minnesota.