Ilhan Omar
US congresswoman and author
Ilhan Omar is a Somali American politician and former refugee who has served in the US House of Representatives for Minnesota.
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American Born 1982 in Mogadishu, Somalia
About Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1982. She went from being a refugee who spoke two words of English to winning a seat in the US House of Representatives. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. Since 2019 she has represented Minnesota's 5th congressional district, which includes all of Minneapolis. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Omar is the first Somali American in Congress and, with Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women to serve there. Her book in our catalog is This Is What America Looks Like.