Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed ʿAbdulmajiid, Arabic: ايمان محمد عبد المجيد) (born July 25, 1955), professionally known as Iman (which means "faith" in Arabic), is a Somali model, actress and entrepreneur. She is married to David Bowie.
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid, a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and has two brothers, Elyas and Feisal, and a sister, Nadia. She atte...
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Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed ʿAbdulmajiid, Arabic: ايمان محمد عبد المجيد) (born July 25, 1955), professionally known as Iman (which means "faith" in Arabic), is a Somali model, actress and entrepreneur. She is married to David Bowie.
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid, a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and has two brothers, Elyas and Feisal, and a sister, Nadia. She attended high school in Egypt and later lived in Kenya, where she studied political science at the University of Nairobi.
Iman is Muslim, and fluent in five languages (Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Somali).
In 1975, Iman was recruited as a model by American photographer Peter Beard, and subsequently relocated to the United States. Her first modeling assignment was for Vogue in 1976.
The fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent said, "My dream woman is Iman". She recalls her experience as a house model for Yves Saint Laurent's African Queen...
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