Ikrima akaberekerwa muKenya nevabereki vokuSomalia, uye anofungidzirwa kuti aiva nechokuita nevakanga varonga kubhomba mabhishopu eUnited States muna 1998
muKenya, uye kubatanidzwa mukurwiswa kweMombasa muna 2002. Akagara muNorway semunhu anotsvaka hupoteri kubva muna 2004 kusvika muna 2008 mutaundi reMoelv, kwaakagamuchira magwaro ekufamba eNorway. Pashure pacho akagara muUnited Kingdom kweanenge gore. Anonzi anotaura mitauro inoverengeka, kusanganisira Chirungu, Somali, Swahili, French, Norwegian uye mamwe chiArabic.