This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
By: Ilhan Omar
4.26
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Ilhan Omar was eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her …
Want to Read $ 2.99"I grew up knowing that hard things only get harder when you don’t have real conversations about them."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"I grew up knowing that hard things only get harder when you don’t have real conversations about them."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"The more we listen to and learn from those with different backgrounds and present circumstances from our own, the more we can find connections to our own lived experience."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"The more we listen to and learn from those with different backgrounds and present circumstances from our own, the more we can find connections to our own lived experience."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
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Format: 288 pages, ebook
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