From a country exhausted by wars, Maryam left Somalia to Yemen when she was 16 years old, she settled in the city of Aden, but soon she was traumatized by the loss of her parents, this tragedy did not prevent her from completing her studies and building her family and became a mother of two children, did not write to this family to continue where she separated from Her husband, and Mary became responsible for providing a livelihood for her and her children, Mary did a lot but the conditions of life and the difficulty of living were stronger than her.

Maryam decided to depend on herself and to have her own project, and to resume her father's activity, which is making incense and perfumes. Her project started simple, but her ambition was too big to stand before her any obstacles, so Maryam joined the refugee training program funded by the UNHCR Refugees, and got more training and qualification in the field of incense and perfume industry and was among the outstanding and was honored among the best pilot projects for refugees in 2019.

Maryam applied for a loan from the Nama Foundation for Microfinance, to expand her activity and increase its market coverage, and she was loaned from the refugee branch funded by the UNHCR in 2019, and continues to borrow from the branch to purchase raw materials for the incense and perfume industry.

The Maryam project has evolved and has the commercial name of the masterpieces of Jasmine, which is sold in many outlets and is exported to some Arab and African countries.

Maryam fulfilled her dreams and her project became a great source of income for her, which enabled her to teach her university children.