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Muslima Abdirahman, a Somali mother of nine, escaped death twice in the past two years while shopping for groceries in Mogadishu, where Islamist insurgents regularly carry out suicide bombings on busy streets and markets.
Isha Hassan Abdinur prepares to receive her online shopping from the World Food Program (WFP) in Daynile district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 26, 2020. [Reuters]
She shudders at the memories: “I wiped my tears with my veil and went home on foot without buying anything.”
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