00:00I was forced into a marriage with an older man.
00:03I was tricked to go to Dubai with my father as like a birthday holiday.
00:08Once we were at Dubai, he tells me that I've got business in Somalia, I need to go there.
00:13Once we get to Somalia, my dad rents a house, puts us up in the house, me and my brother,
00:18and then tells us, hey, you're staying here, you're not leaving,
00:21and this is where you're going to be going, staying, you're not going back to England.
00:25And he tells me, sit down and speak to this man.
00:27And he was like, well, I just need you to speak to this man,
00:31because you're going to be getting married to him soon,
00:32so you need to have a conversation with him.
00:34The engagement happened, they did a small wedding.
00:38I didn't have anybody of my family there to support.
00:41I was 16 years old when this happened,
00:43and the guy that I got married to was 24 years old at the time.
00:47And then my dad disappeared, and he decided that he was going to Kenya with my brother,
00:53and they left me in Somalia by myself with this stranger.
00:57I ended up getting pregnant.
00:59The guy was abusing me.
01:02He was physically abusing me.
01:03And I went back for a chef.
01:03And I went back for a chef.
01:03And then I was like, oh, I did a mustache.
01:03Because I came back for a chef.
01:03And I built a chef.
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