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You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

Know Moment Speak Voice World You

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The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all – it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.

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