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Nº 100(+) — twenty-six frames, one pick

Her smiling indoors in a patterned hijab

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Nº 100(+) — twenty-six frames, one pick

LOC — MOGADISHU

First date23 July

Birthday6 October

Twenty-six framesOne pick

The two of us together in the car — 01

Her smiling across a café table — 02

Names and a date traced into sand — 03

A close portrait of her with henna — 04

Our hands resting together — 05

A handwritten note on an arm — 06

Our hands beside pale flowers — 07

The two of us in a photo-booth strip — 08

Our hands held together — 09

Our two photo-booth strips on wood — 10

The quiet street we walked together — 11

A small Happy Birthday sign — 12

Purple blooms held on a Mogadishu street — 13

A sunlit white wall beneath a tree — 14

A small shared detail noticed together — 15

Our inside joke: my man 32 — 16

Her standing before a painted wall — 17

Her smiling outside at night — 18

Her hands with red nails and gold rings — 19

Black abaya detail with pink flowers — 20

The two of us reflected together at a café — 21

Her smiling indoors in a patterned hijab — 22

Her silhouette by the sea at sunset — 23

An intimate close-up detail — 24

Her laughing in the car in a turquoise hijab — 25

His mirror selfie in a white thobe — 26

A table for two

Tomorrow.

Tuesday 6 October
7:00 PM · Mogadishu

Dinner, just us two.

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For 6 October

Mcnto —

Of all the days in the year, this one was always yours. Long before I knew your name, it was already the day the world got you — I just didn't know it yet.

I'm glad I get to stand in it with you now.

Happy birthday.

Mcnto, i love you

Our soundtrack · 01 / 02

Goormaan Is Wada Dhiibay

Mustafe Kante

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Happy birthday, Mcnto.100(+) — today, tomorrow, always.