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This Is What America Looks Like

By Ihan Omar

My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman. Dey Street Books, 2020.

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The inspirational story of how a refugee fleeing brutal conflict in Somalia came to the United States and became the first Somali-American Muslim congresswoman, providing motivation and representation for immigrants across the nation.

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Activists • history and political science students • those who feel underrepresented in politics • lovers of an inspirational story

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Ilhan Omar is a member of the U.S. Congress for Minnesota, representing the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She is the first naturalized American citizen born in Africa to serve in Congress, and is a former Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

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