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Lisa Halaby, Syrian, (a.k.a. Queen Noor), Queen-consort of Jordan and wife of King Hussein of Jordan. Darrell Issa, half-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (R- California) (2001–) Joe Jamail, Lebanese, Renown American trial lawyer and billionaire, also known as the "King of Torts".
Hamida Dakane – first Black and first Muslim to serve in the North Dakota House of Representatives [26] Keith Ellison – first Muslim congressman from Minnesota [27] Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam. George Bethune English (1787–1828) – American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to Islam.
Daily Life of Arab Americans in the 21st Century (Greenwood, 2012). Alsultany, Evelyn. Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (New York University Press, 2012). Cainkar, Louis A. Homeland insecurity: the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 (Russell Sage Foundation, 2009). Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
In the 115th Congress, there were six U.S. representatives and no U.S. senators of Arab-American descent serving in Congress. [1][2] On November 6, 2018, four additional Arab Americans, all of whom are female, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ilhan Omar, Donna Shalala and Rashida Tlaib.
April is Arab American Heritage Month. Celebrate with APA President @drthema and Drs. @Dr_GigiAwad @dr_sawssan as they discuss the power of AMENA culture & identity, the value of community, the ...
This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress. As of 2023, only four Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [1] Three Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All four are Democrats.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a total of 6,024 Muslim-American troops served in overseas deployments in the ten years following 9/11, with 14 fatalities reported in Iraq. As of December 2015, there were approximately 5,897 active Muslim members of the US military, accounting for roughly 0.45% of the total.
The 500 Most Influential Muslims (also known as The Muslim 500) is an annual publication first published in 2009, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world. The publication is compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan. [1][2][3] The report is issued annually in cooperation with Prince Al-Waleed Bin ...