# Nasra Agil (Nasra Caqiil)

> Nasra Agil: Somali-Canadian civil engineer who worked in Toronto and Dubai and returned to Somalia in 2012.

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## Who is she?

Nasra Agil is a Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur ([Wikipedia, Nasra Agil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasra_Agil)). She was born in Somalia and moved to Canada with her family (same source). See [Somalis in Toronto](/en/diaspora/toronto/).

## Study and community work

As a teenager she helped launch youth programmes, survival skills workshops, educational plays and sports activities ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasra_Agil)). She studied civil engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto and graduated with honours in 2005 (same source). Wikipedia records her as one of the first known women of Somali descent to earn an engineering degree in Canada (same source). She received the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, presented by the Governor General of Canada, and the Golden Key International Honour Society Award (same source).

## Career

She began as a road inspector for the City of Toronto's Transportation Services department ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasra_Agil)). About two years later she moved to Dubai, where in 2007 she joined the Canadian engineering firm Cansult (same source). She later advised Nakheel Properties and worked as a senior traffic engineer for the Dubai Municipality's roads authority (same source). See [Somalis in the UAE](/en/diaspora/uae-dubai/).

In 2012 she returned to Somalia to take part in reconstruction, and opened the country's first dollar store (same source).

## In short

A Somali-Canadian civil engineer who worked in Toronto and Dubai, then returned to Somalia in 2012 and opened a business there.

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