He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia..
He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia 6 hours ago Share Save Bushra Mohamed BBC World Service Mahad Mohamud Mahad Mohamud was deported from the US five weeks ago Mahad Mohamud is slowly readjusting to the heat, chaos and tension of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after being deported from the US city of Minneapolis last month just as winter was closing in there. Somalis know the 36-year-old as Garyaqaan - a word that can be translated as "judge". This is the name he uses on TikTok, where he attracted almost half a million followers while he was abroad. Fans praised Mahad for his defence of his clan's interests - part of Somalia's lucrative TikTok roasting sub-culture . But to those running the White House-linked "Rapid Response 47" X account, Mahad was a "criminal illegal scumbag". In an October post it accused him of being "involved in the kidnapping of French officials" fro...