Iman Elman
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Iman Elman is a Somali-Canada military officer.[1] When she was a child, Elman's parents were peace advocates in wartorn Somalia. When the dangers of working in Somalia increased her parents agreed that her father, Elman Ali Ahmed would stay in Somalia, and continue to work for Peace, while her mother, Fartuun Adan would raise their daughters in Canada. When her daughters reached adult-hood Fartuun returned to Somalia, to renew her work for Peace.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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}}- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abdi Latif Dahir (2020-08-14). "Somalia’s Army Told Her to Sew a Skirt. Now She’s One of Its Top Officers.". The New York Times (Nairobi, Kenya): p. A10. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/africa/iman-elman-woman-Somalia-army.html. Retrieved 2020-08-16. "By then, Ms. Adan had received refugee status in Canada and was raising their daughters in Ottawa. Colonel Elman said her mother not only reminded them of their roots but ingrained in them the notion that their gender should not limit their ambitions."
- ↑ Nima Elbagir; Lillian Leposo. "Rape and injustice: The woman breaking Somalia's wall of silence". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/africa/rape-and-injustice-somalia-silence/. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
