02960cam a2200457 i 4500 1164834219 TxAuBib 20201110120000.0 200418s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020008108 9780062954213 hardcover 0062954210 hardcover 9780062954220 trade paperback 0062954229 trade paperback (OCoLC)1113243303 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO IDY GK8 OQX OCLCF JQM YDX ILC OCLCQ TXSCH TCH YU6 CHVBK OCLCO TxAuBib rda Omar, Ilhan, 1981-, author. This is what America looks like : my journey from refugee to Congresswoman / Ilhan Omar ; with Rebecca Paley. My journey from refugee to Congresswoman. First edition. New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2020] 275 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275). 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. 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. -- adapted from jacket. 20201110. Omar, Ilhan 1981- United States Congress House Biography. Women legislators United States Biography. Legislators United States Biography. African American women legislators United States Biography. Somali Americans Minnesota Biography. Muslims United States Biography. United States Politics and government 2017- Biographies. Paley, Rebecca, author. TXKIP