Call Me American [electronic resource] : A Memoir
Iftin, Abdi Nor2018
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Born in Somalia shortly before the country descended into years of brutal civil war, Abdi Nor Iftin learned to speak English by watching Schwarzenegger movies and listening to American pop songs. His first direct experience with an American was when he cheered the arrival of the Marines to take on the warlords in Mogadishu. When Somalia emerged from war only to succumb to the radical Islamist al Shabaab, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches to National Public Radio and the Internet. Astoundingly, several Western listeners were able to get desperately needed cash to Abdi until the untenable situation in Somalia forced him to flee to Kenya as a refugee. In a near miraculous stroke of luck, he won entrance to the US in the annual visa lottery--though his route to America would take him through a harrowing sequence of events that nearly stranded him in Kenya. Abdi is now a proud resident of Portland, Maine, on a path to citizenship in two years. His dramatic, deeply stirring story offers a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to so many looking to make a better life.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Books on Tape, 2018
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1 online resource (1 audio file)
ISBN:
9780525635048
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English
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BRN:
2789208