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This Is What America Looks Like : My Journey From Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar; Rebecca Paley; Omar, Ilhan, 1981- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Ilhan Omar was eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided to flee Mogadishu. They ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya, where Ilhan says she came to understand the deep meaning of hunger and death. Four years later, after a painstaking vetting process, her family achieved refugee status and arrived in Arlington, Virginia. Aged twelve, penniless, speaking only Somali and having missed out on years of schooling, Ilhan rolled up her sleeves, determined to find her American dream. Faced with the many challenges of being a Muslim refugee, she questioned stereotypes and built bridges with her classmates and in her community. In under two decades she became a grassroots organizer, graduated from college and was elected to congress with a record-breaking turnout by the people of Minnesota—ready to keep pushing boundaries and restore moral clarity as she sees it in Washington D.C.

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Author

Ilhan Omar; Rebecca Paley; Omar, Ilhan, 1981-

Publisher

Hurst

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062954237

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Biography

Rating

4.7 / 5 (492 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14