halima aden, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your life has undergone the most extraordinary transformation in recent years. do you still feel the strangeness of it all, or are you becoming used to it? mm, i don't think you could really ever get used to fashion. it is a different world and so different to the world that i come from, so i'm still adjusting and every day it is something new. it is very important to go back to the beginnings of this story. you came to america with your mother when you were just seven years old. do you have much of a recollection of what life was like in that refugee camp in northern kenya. so katuma surprisingly was a great childhood. you know, not only was it the largest refuge camp in the world, it was still a beautiful childhood, despite having obstacles like malaria and not knowing where your food is going to come from. it is a refugee camp so definitely not an ideal place to raise a family but thank god i experienced it because the community and the values that it installed in me i still carry