The New York Post Inspires Boycott With 9/11 Photo and Ilhan Omar Quote
The tabloid featured the burning World Trade Center towers and a partial quote from Representative Omar on a cover that protesters fear could incite violence against Muslims. The New York Post came under a barrage of criticism last week for a front page that featured a Sept. 11 photograph of the World Trade Center in […]
First Somali-American State Lawmaker Says US Is Welcoming, Despite Islamophobia
In 2016, Ilhan Omar made history when she was elected to Minnesota’s House of Representatives, becoming the first Somali-American to win a state office in the United States. Omar had humble beginnings, as her family was uprooted from her home country as a child during Somalia’s civil war in the 1990’s. She came to America […]
Ilhan Omar: First female Somali American lawmaker
New York, the United States – An election that won Donald Trump the White House and gave Republicans control of Congress was an unlikely moment for the United States to also get its first Somali American legislator in the form of headscarf-wearing Ilhan Omar. Omar, a 34-year-old refugee from Somalia’s bullet-ridden capital, Mogadishu, won a […]
Somali Americans Take Heart With Election of Minnesota State Legislator
Although Somali Americans saw their preferred presidential candidate lose a close race Tuesday, they can still exult in a history-making victory. Former refugee IIhan Omar, 34, was elected to the Minnesota state legislature, making her the country’s first Somali-American lawmaker. Omar, who proudly wears the hijab in public, told supporters late Tuesday that the victory […]
Ilhan Omar will be nation’s first Somali-American legislator
MINNEAPOLIS — Ilhan Omar made history Tuesday night as the nation’s first Somali-American legislator, with a commanding win in a Minnesota state House race. Omar, who faced only nominal Republican opposition in a heavily DFL Minneapolis district, continues an unlikely political journey that began amid the Somali civil war and a Kenyan refugee camp.