User:Ismail Mohamed Arte/sandbox

Personal life

Ismail was born in Bossaso, Somalia in 1989 to a Bartire, Absame, Darod family.[1][2][3] Nicknamed "Dhagacade",[4] he hails from the Bossaso region in the Eastern.[3]

Ismail's parents were activists affiliated with the Somali Youth League (SYL), Somalia's first political party. During the 1970s, his father worked as a civil servant in the national Department of Transportation.[5]

Ismail holds both Somali and Kenyan citizenship.[6] He is married to Istahil Ahmed, with whom he has one children; A boy, aged 1 year.[7]

Education For his secondary education, Ismail attended a local boarding school in Kenya.[5] Between 2001 and 2004, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University at Nairobi, The State University of Nairobi in Nairobi.