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Somalia Portraits
Janelle Ali Warsame, Cook
Somalia Report presents a new series of portraits of Somali citizens. With photographer Jason Florio, Somalia Report spent time with the people of Mogadishu to learn more about their daily lives.
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Janelle Ali Warsame, Cook
"People call me 'Mama' because I have eight children. I survive by working as a cook for local workers and I get paid $1 per day for each person I cook for, which is normally 10 people. I don't have a real kitchen and work outside over a fire. I don't have long to talk because today is payday and I need to get back to my family." Janelle Ali Warsame, 55.