Call me American : a memoir /

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 arr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Iftin, Abdi Nor (Author), Alexander, Max, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Iftin, Abdi Nor. Somali Americans > Maine > Biography. Immigrants > Maine > Biography. Muslims > Maine > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural, Ethnic & Regional. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.

Table of Contents:

Under the neem tree
The first bullets
Trail of thorns
City of women and children
Arabic to English
The one they call American
Buufis
Wedding vows
Sin and punishment
Trapped
No number
Messages from Mogadishu
Little Mogadishu
Long odds
White rooms
Respect
Epilogue.