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Somalia Portraits
Medina Ali Tohow, Aid Worker
Somalia Report presents a new series of portraits of Somali citizens. With photographer Jason Florio, Somalia Report spent time with Mogadishu's workers, the backbone of the capital, to learn more about their daily lives.
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Medina Ali Tohow, Aid Worker
"I used to own a hotel called the Jamhuriye, but al-Shabaab looted and destroyed the place. They stole everything. Now I work for the Ministry of Finance and run the K7 camp for internally displaced people which exists to aid drought victims and families who have fled from al-Shabaab controlled areas. The hardest part here is getting ready for the rainy season because there is not enough shelter." Medina Ali Tohow, 42.