Cika wannan jumla: A shekarar 2012, 'yan jihadi, tare da taimakon tsoffin sojojin haya na Tuareg da suka dawo daga Libya,
sun mamaye arewacin Mali kuma sun kwace yankin Sahel. Arby ya yi gudun hijira, ya zauna na ɗan lokaci a Bamako. A Timbuktu, 'yan jihadi sun yi wa iyalinta barazana kuma sun lalata kayan aikinta. Shekaru uku bayan haka, a cikin 2015, ta koma Timbuktu. Ta ce: "Addininmu bai taɓa hana waƙa ba. An gaishe da Annabi da waka lokacin da ya isa Makka. Dakatar da kiɗa kamar hana mu numfashi ne. Amma muna ci gaba da fada, kuma zai tafi, Insha'Allah. "