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In conservative Somalia, a rare woman presidential candidate

Fatuma Mohamed, whose husband died of COVID-19 and struggles to raise two young children while earning money by doing laundry when she can, sits by her makeshift home in Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, July 25, 2021. Among the women Somali presidential hopeful Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam hopes to help if elected president are people like Fatuma. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Somali Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam sits in her office in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, July 17, 2021. The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister in culturally conservative Somalia now aims for the country's top office as the country moves toward a long-delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Fatuma Mohamed, whose husband died of COVID-19 and struggles to raise two young children while earning money by doing laundry when she can, sits by her makeshift home in Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, July 25, 2021. Among the women Somali presidential hopeful Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam hopes to help if elected president are people like Fatuma. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Somali Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam sits in her office in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, July 17, 2021. The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister in culturally conservative Somalia now aims for the country's top office as the country moves toward a long-delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Somali Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam discusses with guests at her home in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, July 17, 2021. The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister in culturally conservative Somalia now aims for the country's top office as the country moves toward a long-delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Somali Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam, center, chats with campaign supporters at Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 19, 2021. The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister in culturally conservative Somalia now aims for the country's top office as the country moves toward a long-delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)