Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) in House proceedings
Rashida Tlaib wins U.S. House seat, becomes among first Muslim-American women elected
Former state Rep. Rashida Tlaib will be among the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress after winning the seat of former Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit, on Tuesday.
She was also the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress and previously the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature.
Sources :
Rashida Tlaib Wikipedia Entry.
Todd Spangler, “How Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib will make history in Washington“, Detroit Free Press, September 7, 2018.