{"id":6819,"date":"2023-04-06T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=6819"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:16:27","slug":"muna-omar","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/muna-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Muna Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Muna Omar<\/strong> is Ethiopian but was born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where her parents met after fleeing violence in Oromia after crossing the sea from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. After her father was deported, her mother struggled to raise her in Saudi Arabia and the two eventually moved to Yemen. Recently, after living for seven years in Yemen, Muna was able to move to Addis Ababa. 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