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![The Girl with the Blue Dress](http://shugrisalh.com/cdn/shop/articles/the-girl-with-the-blue-dress.jpg?v=1707506775&width=533)
The Girl with the Blue Dress
Everytime I close my eyes, I see the girl with the blue dress. Her image haunts me.
![Circumcision Day](http://shugrisalh.com/cdn/shop/articles/circumcision-day.jpg?v=1706661126&width=533)
Circumcision Day
I stood first in line, stoically, ready to pay the price needed to join the ranks of honored women in my lineage.
![Trapped](http://shugrisalh.com/cdn/shop/articles/trapped.jpg?v=1706713837&width=533)
Trapped
I was getting ready for bed when my phone dinged with a message from my childhood friend, Shamhad.
![The Homeless Man](http://shugrisalh.com/cdn/shop/articles/the-homeless-man.jpg?v=1706664307&width=533)
The Homeless Man
I looked at him and thought, WHO ARE YOU? I wanted to sit with him and ask him more about his life.
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Hi, my name is Shugri Salh.
I was born in the desert of Somalia, where I spent my early childhood as a nomad. I emigrated to North America as a refugee from civil war, and now work as an infusion nurse in San Diego, California.