Ilhan Omar's sister skips book tour event amid week of chaos following raid on progressive's DC home

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The older sister of embattled Rep.

Ilhan Omar , D-Minn., who is currently on a book tour promoting a memoir about her life as a Somali immigrant, skipped a scheduled event due to a "family emergency" amid the fallout from the raid on the congresswoman's home.

As Omar faces a federal government probe related to potential immigration fraud as well as a separate investigation into her financial disclosures, Sahra Noor was scheduled for a book tour stop at the University of Minnesota Rochester on Thursday night.

Noor, who came to the United States as a refugee alongside Omar and other family members in the 1990s, was reportedly subpoenaed in relation to the immigration investigation into her sister.

She currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya, according to her LinkedIn page, but is on a worldwide book tour promoting her recently-released "Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story." ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND INSISTS HE HAS ‘NO CONCERNS’ AMID FEDERAL IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION Fox News Digital reached out to Noor for comment but did not hear back at time of publication.

According to a flyer, which was posted on Facebook by Rochester-based bookstore Garden Party Books, the event was scheduled for Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.

It was set to be held at the Intercultural Student Center at the University of Minnesota Rochester.

When Fox News Digital arrived for the event, the space was completely empty.

Fox News Digital had previously RSVP'd for the event via a QR code on the flyer and did not receive any communication that the event had been canceled, rescheduled or relocated.

Garden Party Books told Fox News Digital the event was canceled due to a Noor "family emergency." Noor's absence from the book tour stop comes amid rumors that Omar fled the United States following the raid earlier this week.

While the congresswoman has not been seen in public since Monday's raid, her husband snapped when asked outside the home on Wednesday whether he had a response to the rumors that she fled the country.

The flyer said that Garden Party Books, along with the University of Minnesota Bookstores and the Rochester Public Library, were "proud supporters" of the event.

It also described Noor as a "poet, storyteller and health system leader," and said the book is a "story of migration, motherhood, grief and family." According to Noor's website , her book was officially launched during an event in a Nairobi bookstore on Aug.

13, 2026.