Ahlam Osman, only 22-years-old is already a co-owner of Portland’s first Somali-owned coffee shop, Above Grnd. Growing up in the Rose City, she always loved witnessing how people’s moods were ...

including a meat dish called “sambasa,” a tortilla called “malawah” and Somali coffee known as “akhawah.” Fartun Mohamed said that during Ramadan, she gets to spend more time with her friends and ...