Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Rashida Harbi Tlaib [a] (/ t ə ˈ l iː b / tə-LEEB; born July 24, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2019, representing the state's 12th congressional district since 2023.
Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [ 4 ] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [ 5 ]
First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 51 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants. [7 ...
Rashida Tlaib, the Michigan woman running for Congress, talks about getting arrested, why protests matter, and being Muslim in the Trump era.
In August 2019, Omar and Representative Rashida Tlaib were banned from entering Israel, a reversal from the July 2019 statement by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer that "any member of Congress" would be allowed in. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attributed the ban to Israeli law preventing the entry of people who ...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is facing backlash from some of her fellow Democrats, including in her home state of Michigan, over her recent remarks about Palestinians amid the ongoing war between Israel and ...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said there is worry among Americans that Elon Musk is causing a constitutional crisis amid the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to several ...
Born District Prior experience In office Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: October 13, 1989 (age 35) ... Rashida Tlaib: July 24, 1976 (age 48) Detroit, Michigan: Michigan 12