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The basic timeline of Omar’s publicly documented marriages and relationships is more clearly established. Omar was born in Somalia and spent part of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya before arriving in the United States in 1995. In 2002, Omar applied for a marriage license with Ahmed Hirsi. The two did not complete a civil marriage at the time but entered into what Omar has described as a faith-based Islamic marriage.
Omar and Hirsi separated in 2008. The following year, Omar legally married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Omar has said she and Elmi separated in 2011 through a faith-based divorce. In 2012, she resumed her relationship with Hirsi. After winning election to the Minnesota House of Representatives, Omar filed for a legal divorce from Elmi in 2017. The divorce was finalized that year. Omar and Hirsi subsequently married legally in 2018.