Holy shit, this is surreal! With love, courage and opportunity literally anything is possible! #Alhamdulillah →
Me and my family moved to Sheffield from Somalia when I was five years old to look for a better life and it was this great city I call home that welcomed me and many others like me.
Fast forward to today, and I am honoured and privileged to have been given the highest honour that can be bestowed upon any citizen in this city.
But I am not arrogant enough to think that I made it here all by myself. I want and need you all to know that today is as much of a celebration about YOU as it is about me.
Regardless of how minor or major, you have played a role in shaping me into the person I am today. Whether we met in Sheffield, Hull, worked together, met in a random place or had a fleeting encounter. I am eternally grateful.
Thank you and god bless.
His right worshipful, the first citizen of Sheffield, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Cllr Magid (or just Magid to you) x
#Alhamdulillah