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title: Somali Woman Building a Traditional House
author: Mouseawale88
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21601/somali-woman-building-a-traditional-house/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-02-26
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# Somali Woman Building a Traditional House
_Authored by Mouseawale88_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21601.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of a Somali woman building a traditional nomadic house, an aqal.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Mouseawale88. (2026, February 26). Somali Woman Building a Traditional House. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Mouseawale88. "Somali Woman Building a Traditional House." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 26, 2026. .
### MLA
Mouseawale88. "Somali Woman Building a Traditional House." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Feb 2026, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somali_women_building_a_somali_house.jpg) by [**Mouseawale88**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somali_women_building_a_somali_house.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 26 February 2026. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.