Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Kenya daga iyayen Somaliya, Ikrima ana tunanin cewa yana da alaƙa da masu shirya fashewar bam ɗin ofishin jakadancin Amurka na 1998
a Kenya, da kuma shiga cikin hare-haren Mombasa na 2002. Ya zauna a Norway a matsayin mai neman mafaka daga 2004 zuwa 2008 a garin Moelv, inda ya karbi takardun tafiya na Norwegian. Daga nan ya zauna a United Kingdom na kimanin shekara guda. An ba da rahoton cewa yana magana da harsuna da yawa, gami da Ingilishi, Somali, Swahili, Faransanci, Yaren mutanen Norway da wasu Larabci.