Facing Life as the Girl from Nima
By Mariam Elias
()
About this ebook
“I cannot believe that Black man won. Obama won, and I am so angry.” These are amongst the first words Mariam heard as an African immigrant arriving to the home of her host family in the United States. Having won a scholarship to study in the USA, Mariam left Nima, Ghana, as a high school student with high hopes for her new life in the “land of freedom.” But instead, she found herself welcomed by racism and mistreatment by the very people she’d hoped would be her American family and friends in the new land.
After suffering an identity crisis, Mariam returned to Ghana, where she felt unwelcome and ostracized by friends and family due to her decision to leave America. Years later, Mariam married an African immigrant and returned to the USA, where she faced numerous trials throughout her marriage, pregnancies, and parenting.
Facing Life as the Girl from Nima is one woman’s story of reflection, laughter and solace spanning decades and two continents. Through her sometimes tumultuous journey, Mariam inspires herself and others to face life one day at a time and seek joy through finding self-contentment while embracing self-awareness and compassionate self-improvement.
Mariam Elias
Mariam Elias is an African immigrant to the United States from Nima, Accra, Ghana. She is a full-time wife and a mother of three beautiful children. Her unconditional love for children comes from her own commitment to her children. She is a youth counselor and a volunteer to several immigrant families and communities in New York City.Mariam holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ghana’s Premier Private University, Valley View University, a Diploma in Islamic Studies, and a Certificate in Education from International Open University, a Certificate in Everyday Parenting from Yale University, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Baruch College.She also holds several parental engagement positions and is a strong youth and children advocate. She hopes that this book brings the African Muslim community joy, answers some burning questions, and gives reassurance to others so that they know they are not alone in the challenges they face. Finally, she hopes that Facing Life As the Girl from Nima will spread a message of compassion and inspiration and serve as a legacy to the African immigrant community. ”
Related to Facing Life as the Girl from Nima
Related ebooks
Facing Life as the Girl from Nima Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMangoes in the Rain: No One Can Take Away Your Imaginations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPoems of Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackbone: From Terror to Triumph: Taking Control of Your Destiny Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho am I Really? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Beautiful Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReturn from Within Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSuch a Journey: My Path to Righteousness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Was a Child but Not Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Day I Found My Dead Mother Alive Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Book about My Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThank You For Making Me Better Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSix Plus One Worker #199459 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove and Forgiveness: A Pathway to Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRock-A-Bye-Bye-Baby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Worth My Freedom My Choice: Uncover the Real Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn African Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrief as I Know It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorah's Secrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYet I Rise: A Woman’s Transformational Story About Breaking Free and Changing Her Circumstances Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Magnolia Seed: From Last Child to First Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSurvived by Faith and Grace: Vol 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBiography of Beverly Queen: Life and Times at 3324 Tate St. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIt ain't gonna be no walk In the park Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Child Has No Voice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On a Mission: Strength, resilience, compassion – policing with attitude Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Girl in the Window Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen, Rice and Beans: Nine Wisdoms I Learned From My Mother When I Really Paid Attention Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNothing Is Predictable Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Ordinary Girl with an Extraordinary God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Emigration, Immigration, and Refugees For You
The Historical Atlas of the British Isles Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdios, America: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFar from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Children of Ellis Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Home Bound: Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeeking a Better Future: The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Hell or Barbados: The ethnic cleansing of Ireland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Stopped Forgetting: Stories from Sami Americans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dogeaters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journeys: An American Story: 72 Essays about Immigration and American Greatness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSolito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Letter to a Bigot: Dead But Not Forgotten Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Facing Life as the Girl from Nima
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Facing Life as the Girl from Nima - Mariam Elias
tRkj;çwu[wO.f/2 _=~찒qқ1|/)^یW3`jFb?x>?xo:5D&eDӯq2%XB=0 {Z 4+s?u&&dzuOoM_x3Ktjωrcp0n 2bım 6X}Uʂzn#}754L^QwQ uu&o^{ Jx; >hԶd LȊ3x{h˰K z Vl1515@ o ۷ln4\>q@=r=k?j1FtO 'eeN5YB4pQ7Ϡ@ й57Y.ECO/wS6d7x#0t|q?\ fEKD