Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.
In my version of paradise, the air was always cold and the rivers ran with candy.
Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.
Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.
The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women’s freedoms in southern Somalia – that type of mentality – that’s what I had to deal with in captivity.