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Call Me American

The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant

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An edition of Call me American (2018)

Call Me American

The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant

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  • 1 Have read

Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop artists like Michael Jackson and watching films starring action heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these real Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it suddenly became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches to NPR and the Internet, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. But as life in Somalia grew more dangerous, Abdi was left with no choice but to flee to Kenya as a refugee. In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America was filled with twists and turns and a harrowing sequence of events that nearly stranded him in Nairobi. Now a proud resident of Maine and on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why western democracies still beckon to those looking to make a better life.

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Cover of: Call Me American
Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant
2021, Random House Children's Books
in English
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Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant
Sep 01, 2021, Thorndike Striving Reader
library binding
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Call Me American
2020, Random House Children's Books, Delacorte Press
in English
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Call Me American
2019-01-01, Center Point
Cover of: Call me American
Call me American: a memoir
2018, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - First edition.

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Source title: Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adult): The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant

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library binding
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381

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OL32515263M
ISBN 10
1432888633
ISBN 13
9781432888633

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OL19742772W

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