A ballot box outside a public building in autumn.

عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّيِّدُ يَفُوزُ بِمَقْعَدٍ فِي مَجْلِسِ الشُّيُوخِ الْأَمْرِيكِيِّ

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فَازَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّيِّدُ بِمَقْعَدٍ فِي مَجْلِسِ الشُّيُوخِ الْأَمْرِيكِيِّ. وَهُوَ مِنْ وِلَايَةِ مِيشِيغَانَ، فِي شَمَالِ الْبِلَادِ.

فِي انْتِخَابَاتِ الثَّالِثِ مِنْ نُوفَمْبَرَ، هَزَمَ السَّيِّدُ مُنَافِسَهُ الْجُمْهُورِيَّ مَايْكْ رُوجَرْزَ. وَالسَّيِّدُ عُضْوٌ فِي الْحِزْبِ الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيِّ، وَأَبَوَاهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَعَمِلَ سَابِقًا مَسْؤُولًا فِي مَجَالِ الصِّحَّةِ فِي مِيشِيغَانَ.

وَسَيَكُونُ السَّيِّدُ أَوَّلَ مُسْلِمٍ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجْلِسِ الشُّيُوخِ الْأَمْرِيكِيِّ. وَهٰذَا الْمَجْلِسُ جُزْءٌ مِنَ الْكُونْغْرِسِ، الَّذِي يَضَعُ قَوَانِينَ الْبِلَادِ. وَلَا يَبْدَأُ أَعْضَاءُ الْمَجْلِسِ عَمَلَهُمْ الْجَدِيدَ قَبْلَ اجْتِمَاعِ الْكُونْغْرِسِ فِي يَنَايِرَ ٢٠٢٧. وَتُظْهِرُ نَتِيجَةُ الِانْتِخَابَاتِ تَغْيِيرًا تَارِيخِيًّا فِي تَمْثِيلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ.

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Abdul El-Sayed Wins a U.S. Senate Seat

Abdul El-Sayed won a seat in the U.S. Senate. He is from Michigan, a state in the northern part of the country.

In the November 3 election, El-Sayed defeated his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a member of the Democratic Party, and his parents are from Egypt. He previously worked as a public health official in Michigan.

El-Sayed will be the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. The Senate is part of Congress, which makes the country’s laws. The new members do not begin their work before Congress meets in January 2027. The election result marks a historic change in Muslim representation in the Senate.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مَقْعَدٌ noun seat
وِلَايَةٌ noun state
اِنْتِخَابَاتٌ noun election
هَزَمَ verb to defeat
مُنَافِسٌ noun opponent
حِزْبٌ noun party
مَسْؤُولٌ noun official
تَمْثِيلٌ noun representation

Sources

  1. CBS News: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan 2026 Senate election, defeating Mike Rogers
  2. Associated Press: Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race, will become first Muslim senator

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