Deeq A. Posted April 23, 2018 Ilhan Omar is the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. She and her family fled to Kenya when Somalia’s civil war began in 1991, and then four years later joined the wave of Somali immigration to Minneapolis-St. Paul. In Time for Ilhan, a documentary screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, Norah Shapiro chronicles the charismatic 35-year-old’s decision to run for the state legislature in a district of Minneapolis known as “Little Mogadishu,” where the average household income is less than $28,000 a year. The twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul are home to one of the largest college campuses in the country, in a state that has the fifth-highest rate of student debt. Source: Hiiraan Online Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
