Back in the days, spotting a young Somali girl walking alone outside their home was like witnessing a lunar eclipse. You’d wait the whole day hoping to see her, only for her to finally appear with her little brother acting like a bodyguard. But these days? Our girls are walking on the streets carelessly like mbuzi ya sokomjinga. I don’t know what changed. Maybe today’s parents are too busy tap tapping their phones in the sitting room to even notice their kids leaving the house… or returning. | A