Ilhan Omar
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Arab American Heritage 2023
Arab American Heritage Month
CSPL Arab American Heritage Month
HPL Arab American Heritage Month 2023
Arab American Heritage Month
CSPL Arab American Heritage Month
HPL Arab American Heritage Month 2023
Formats
Description
"An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar-the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress. Ilhan Omar was only 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...