The Boydhabo Shop

Ben Welter

Star Tribune

Sunday, June 25, 2000

Surrounded by stacks of traditional Somali garments, Fartun Nur is at home behind the counter of her mother's clothing and perfume business. Fartun and her mother trade shifts at the 10-by-12-foot stall where they sell scarves, long skirts, fabrics, shoes, international phone cards and other items. The Boydhabo Shop is one of more than a dozen Somali businesses in a building at E. 29th St. and Pillsbury Avenue in Minneapolis.