Faysel Ali has lived in Faribault longer than he’s lived anyplace else.
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The United Nations flag flies in a road in Mogadishu, Somalia on Feb. 26, 1992. UNICEF officers try to get support via because the capital is being torn aside by the persevering with bloody civil warfare. (AP Picture/Sayyid Azim)
Faysel Ali, of Faribault, recounts his journey to America and his war-ridden upbringing in jap Africa throughout a presentation on Monday night on the Rice County Historic Society Museum. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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A bunch of Somali girls carry a sack of maize weighing greater than 100 kilos after choosing it up from a World Meals Program distribution website in north Mogadishu on Wednesday, June 16, 1993. It was the primary time in additional than per week that the WFP tried to distribute meals. The United Nations and most support companies suspended meals operations because of unrest within the metropolis. (AP Picture/Kathy Willens)
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