I Went to One of the Most Dangerous Countries in the World

Layla Kareem
4 min readMar 8, 2024

And I LOVED it!

My first time seeing cows that were not black and white
Image by author taken in Somalia

I am an immigrant living in the UK. I came here with my family when I was a young child and have never been interested in returning to my home country, Somalia — Why would I? My parents risked everything, including their lives and our lives, to escape war and poverty to bring me and my siblings to England 25 years ago. It didn’t make sense to me to…

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Layla Kareem

A Curious Mind Sharing Insights, Inspiration, and In-Depth Perspective