WATCH: Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib speaking after it was announced that she won the democratic nomination to become a US House representative for Michigan. [Video by AANews]
As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Rashida was the first person in her family to earn a high school diploma — then a college degree, and a law degree. npr.org/2018/08/08/636…
Rashida Tlaib: "When you see a Palestinian person with your name and faith succeed, it shows [the government] can ban us from coming into the country, but not from getting elected." aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/r…
