![]() ![]() 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 ![]() Faced with the many challenges of being a Muslim refugee, she questioned stereotypes and built bridges with her classmates and in her community. ![]() Four years later, after a painstaking vetting process, her family achieved refugee status and arrived in Arlington, Virginia.Īged twelve, penniless, speaking only Somali and having missed out on years of schooling, Ilhan rolled up her sleeves, determined to find her American dream. They ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya, where Ilhan says she came to understand the deep meaning of hunger and death. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided to flee Mogadishu. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. Ilhan Omar was eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. Where I Got It: I borrowed the e-book from the library Published May 2020 by Dey Street Books|288 pages Book: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey From Refugee To Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar ![]()
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