01583cam a2200337 i 4500 981286657 TxAuBib 20180910120000.0 171214s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017043213 9781524732196 $26.95 1524732192 $26.95 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Iftin, Abdi Nor, author. Call me American : a memoir / Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. 310 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi Book.". 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. Shares the author's journey from Somalia to the United States, including his early love of American music and movies, his survival under a radical Islamist group, and how he made his way to the United States using the annual visa lottery. 2018/7. Iftin, Abdi Nor. Somali Americans Maine Biography. Immigrants Maine Biography. Muslims Maine Biography. Alexander, Max, 1957-, author.