Representative Rashida Tlaib

Meet the 6 Arab Americans Sworn into the 118th Congress This Past Week

January 11, 2023

By Salma Heram

By: Salma Heram / Arab America Contributing Writer Six Arab Americans were sworn into the 118th Congress this past week – all of which now hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. First preceded by George A. Kasem of California in 1959, these six members of Congress are a bipartisan group, with diverse interests and … Continued

U.S. and Israel Go Tit-for-Tat Over Palestinian Human Rights

May 25, 2022

By John Mason

Democratic representatives of the U.S. House have demanded a U.S. investigation of Palestinian American journalist Abu Akleh’s murder. Contributing writer, John Mason reports on this and the response to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s demand by Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. In a related event, he recounts that Tlaib introduced a House Resolution to recognize the Nakba (The Catastrophe), referring to the founding of the Israeli state in 1948.

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