Background

I was born and raised for the majority of my life in downtown Toronto. I soon moved to the suburbs of Scarborough shortly after Grade 5. As a son of parents who were both born in Somalia, I would always hear stories of Somalia told by them or by my grandmothers but never had the opportunity to experience the lifestyle they often reminisced of. Both my parents have travelled back home since their arrival here in Canada almost 25 years ago but only on a limited number of occasions.