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020			_a9781524732196 _qhardcover
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020			_a9780525433026 _qpaperback
020			_a0525433023 _qpaperback
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043			_an-us-me
092			_aIftin, A. _bI23
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aIftin, Abdi Nor, _eauthor. _9355060
245	1	0	_aCall me American : _ba memoir / _cAbdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a310 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is a Borzoi Book."
505	0		_aUnder 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.
520			_aAbdi 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.
600	1	0	_aIftin, Abdi Nor. _9355060
650		0	_aSomali Americans _zMaine _vBiography. _9355061
650		0	_aImmigrants _zMaine _vBiography. _9355062
650		0	_aMuslims _zMaine _vBiography. _9355063
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
700	1		_aAlexander, Max, _d1957- _eauthor. _9355064
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