This is what America looks like : my journey from refugee to congresswoman
Omar, Ilhan, 1981-2020
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Ilhan Omar's career is a collection of historic firsts: she is the first refugee, the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress. Against a xenophobic and divisive administration, she has risen to global fame as a powerful voice in the Democratic Party's new progressive chorus of congresswomen of colour. 'This Is What America Looks Like' is a tale of the aspirations, disappointments, successes and surprises in the life of an immigrant and Muslim in the US today. This is Omar's story told on her own terms: from a childhood in Mogadishu and four long years at a Kenyan refugee camp, to her arrival in America - penniless and speaking only Somali - and her triumphant election to the US House of Representatives.
Main title:
This is what America looks like : my journey from refugee to congresswoman / Ilhan Omar with Rebecca Paley.
Author:
Omar, Ilhan, 1981-, authorPaley, Rebecca, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Collation:
320 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781787383418 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
973.933092
Language:
English
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BRN:
1195178
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