This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

Ilhan Omar

288 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

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. Th...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 548 reviews

Moods

inspiring 83%
informative 70%
hopeful 62%
reflective 59%
emotional 46%
challenging 24%
adventurous 6%
funny 3%
sad 2%
dark 1%

Pace

medium 57%
fast 36%
slow 6%

Average rating

4.26

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...