6-23-2021 Abdi Nor Iftin-Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

Radio journalist and author Abdi Nor Iftin will be the featured speaker at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, Maine, on Wednesday, June 23. (ERIN MOORE PHOTO)

LOVELL, Maine — The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell will be hosting radio journalist and author Abdi Nor Iftin, as the featured speaker (following the annual meeting which begins at 6:30 p.m.) on Wednesday, June 23, at 7 p.m.

Join via Zoom as Iftin, author of the award-winning memoir, "Call Me American," shares the true story of his heroic survival in war-ravaged Mogadishu and his incredible journey to a new life in America, where he eventually settled in Maine.

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