Background
She was born in North Darfur but had to leave due to fighting between government forces and Darfuri rebels.
She was born in North Darfur but had to leave due to fighting between government forces and Darfuri rebels.
She moved to Abu Shouk internally displaced persons camp, where she worked with United Nations officials and the American non-governmental organization IRC to spread information and awareness about the conditions in the camp. Foreign her work she was arrested three times, and kidnapped twice by National Security and detained, including a time in 2011 when she was held for two months and tortured and raped in a state prison in Khartoum. She had to flee Sudan in 2011.
As of 2013 she is seeking asylum in the United States.