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Starred Review on May 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Nor Iftin's experience was the "gory terrorism" of Mogadishu, Somalia, the setting of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down. His pastoral parents retreated to the city when drought decimated their herds. A brief period of prosperity soon descended into warfare with Islamic terrorist activity infiltrating the city and affection for American ways endangering one's life. Nicknamed "Abdi American," the author had ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More