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    TAKE ACTION: Tell Leaders in Congress to Oppose the Covert Attempt to Unconstitutionally Suppress Advocacy for Palestinian Rights:

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  2. This week in Washington Watch, reflects on the historic "day of firsts" for newly elected members of Congress:

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  3. Fun fact: 65% of all candidates for local, state and national offices won their races in 2018!

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  4. Did you know? There were [at least] 63 Arab American candidates for offices ranging from school board to governor in 2018!

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  5. 20 hours ago

    Last night, noted that if we treated refugees 25 years ago as we do now, she would not be in the US, no less a Congresswoman. How many future Members of Congress, inventors, chefs, etc. are we turning our backs on today?

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  6. New year, new Congress, new opportunities to fight for ! Which policy issues are your ?

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  7. Curious about the history of political participation? Check out our roster and other resources about Arab Americans in political life!

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  8. Despite the increasingly fraught nature of debates around , we are proud and committed to supporting non-partisan voter engagement for all

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  9. Jan 3

    As Rashida Tlaib Is Sworn In, Palestinian-Americans Respond With w/

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  10. Jan 3

    Why ? "When a Palestinian woman wears her thobe, or traditional Palestinian dress, she is displaying her heritage on her sleeves... " Info on the art of and tradition of wearing thobe on our blog:

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  11. Jan 3

    From refugee to congresswoman! Check out 's emotional recounting of her story with her father by her side:

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  12. Jan 3

    A quick to when 2 amazing Arab American women, and , came by 's DC office to get the highly-prized shirts. Today they are being sworn in as Congresswomen!

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  13. Jan 3

    is wearing her to her today. The art of is a cornerstone of our culture & a tool for maintaining our heritage in the diaspora. Thank you, Rashida. In solidarity, here's my thobe from 2018 .

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  14. Jan 3

    AAI's & with , moments before this Palestinian powerhouse becomes the latest Arab American to formally join the !

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  15. Jan 3

    is trending, as Palestinian women share photos of their thobes in recognition of , the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress, who will be wearing her thobe during her swearing in ceremony today!

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  16. NYT reporters combined a forensic visual investigation with on-the-ground reporting to reconstruct what happened to Razan Najjar, the Gaza medic killed by Israeli sniper fire:

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  17. "The true test we face in life is not how we accomplish the goals we set for ourselves, but how we confront the unexpected challenges that lay before us." -- Read latest column on the challenges that lay ahead in 2019:

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  18. 29 Dec 2018

    My mother Salemi (Celia Ann) Zogby passed away 20 yrs ago at the age of 92. She was a strong woman blessed with great insight. Read about her life

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  19. Crushing. 2-year-old son of Yemeni mother who battled the Trump administration's dies

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  20. "Syria was thrown out of the Arab League in 2011 over its violent response to opposition dissent..."

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  21. "A nonprofit organization that helps immigrants told the El Paso Times that it expected to receive another 500 migrants on Wednesday and Thursday."

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