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Author Omar, Ilhan, 1981- author.

Title This is what America looks like : my journey from refugee to Congresswoman / Ilhan Omar ; with Rebecca Paley
Published London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2020
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Description 1 online resource (275 pages)
Contents Fighter -- War -- When the mouth of the shark is safer than home -- Refugee -- American dream -- Hello and shut up -- Minnesota nice -- Settling down -- Blessings -- Early midlife crisis -- Education -- Return -- Politics -- City hall -- Running -- You get what you organize for -- America's hope and the president's nightmare -- Walking in like a white man -- Running again -- The world belongs to those who show up
Summary Omar is the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress. Only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia, her family fled after armed gunmen attacked their compound and ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya. After a painstaking vetting process, her family achieved refugee status and arrived in Arlington, Virginia. At twelve Ilhan was determined to find her American dream. She became a grassroots organizer, graduated from college and was elected to Congress with a record-breaking turnout by the people of Minnesota. In chronicling her personal journey, Omar's irrepressible spirit, patriotism, friendship and faith are visible on every page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2022)
Subject Omar, Ilhan, 1981-
United States. Congress. House -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Congress. House fast
Subject Women legislators -- United States -- Biography
Legislators -- United States -- Biography
African American women legislators -- United States -- Biography
Somali Americans -- Minnesota -- Biography
Muslims -- United States -- Biography
African American women legislators
Legislators
Muslims
Politics and government
Somali Americans
Women legislators
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
Subject Minnesota
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Paley, Rebecca, author.
ISBN 9781787384330
1787384330
9781787384347
1787384349
Other Titles My journey from refugee to Congresswoman