Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Host representative omar, democrat from minnesota has a new book out. Here is what it looks like and this is called what america looks like. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us on book tv. There are two characters in your book and who are they . My grandfather and father. Abba is the word we use for dad in somali and abba is the Traditional Middle Eastern name for father since i was born as his child that is what his children call him and we continue to call him that as well. They were both father figures to me and so i continued to call them abba and abba. Host what were the first eight or years like for you . Guest peaceful. I had a really enjoyable childhood and i grew up in a household where we had, not just you know my siblings and my father, extended family lived with us, my uncles and aunties and grandfather and my greatgrandmother was always around and so it was a very loving environment and i was raised by educators so education was
Alaska, a bears and ballot, little bit later arizona senator discusses her book, dare to fly. Representative ilhan omar, democrat of minnesota has a new book out, heres what it looks like and its called this is what america looks like, congresswoman thank you for joining us on book tv, there are two characters in your book, baba and abe, who are they . My grandfather and father, abe is the word that we use for data into molly, and baba is a traditional word that is used in the middle east for father, since i was born in his house, that is what his children called him and we continue to call him that as well, they were both father figures to me, i continue to call them that. What were the first eight or so years of your life like . Peaceful, i had a really enjoyable childhood, i grew up in a household where we had not just my siblings and my father but my extended family with my uncles and aunties and grandfather, my greatgrandmother was always around, and so it was a very loving enviro
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And this is the traditional words and since i was born in his house we continue to call him that as well. Who were the first years of your life like . I had an enjoyable childhood and grew up in a household where not just my siblings and father my greatgrandmother was always around and a very loving environment. So that was a huge part of the life and my grandfather and father encouraged the curiosity and with my grandfather and father i was always asking questions. And as annoying is that could be at times but they never let on was very protective and enriching environment to grow up in. Host Mogadishu Somalia area . The capital city. Mogadishu was different at that time than it is now. A very culturally enriched environment. My earliest memories and part of the Education System is that you learn the poetry calling it a nation of poets. And the way this culture was passed down everything was done through song and dance and then my aunt and uncles brought that home and we would pair up