Abdulhakim is a 25-year old Somali-Canadian poet, comedian and business student at MacEwan University. He has a strong passion for spoken word poetry and performs at various community local community events. He placed first in the Edmonton Youth Poetry Slam as well as second at the 2013 Annual Rising Youth Poetry Slam.
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