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Call Me American : A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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**The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card.**Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop artists like Michael Jackson and watching films starring action heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these real Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies.Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it suddenly became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches to NPR and the Internet, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. But as life in Somalia grew more dangerous, Abdi was left with no choice but to flee to Kenya as a refugee.In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America--filled with twists and turns and a harrowing sequence of ev

Who reads Call Me American : A Memoir?

Author

Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781524732202

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Sociology

Rating

4.7 / 5 (698 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14