Burke, Jason; correspondent, Jason Burke Africa (12. november 2018). «'The lesson is to be hopeful': Ilhan Omar's journey from Somali refugee to US Congress». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 24. oktober 2023. «Omar fled the civil war in Somalia with her family in 1991 and spent four years in the Utango camp, near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, before arriving in the US with her six brothers and sisters under a resettlement programme.»
Burke, Jason; correspondent, Jason Burke Africa (12. november 2018). «'The lesson is to be hopeful': Ilhan Omar's journey from Somali refugee to US Congress». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 24. oktober 2023. «Omar fled the civil war in Somalia with her family in 1991 and spent four years in the Utango camp, near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, before arriving in the US with her six brothers and sisters under a resettlement programme.»