Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Female
Age at election: 32
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Date: 7/24/1976
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Marital Information:
divorced; children: 2 sons
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion: Muslim
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Occupation: lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Wayne State University in 1998 and her law degree from Thomas Cooley Law School in 2004
Biographical Sketch:
A daughter of Palestinian refugees. She was raised in Southwest Detroit, the eldest of 14 children. She worked at a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) and the International Institute of Metro Detroit. After leaving the legislature she worked at Detroit's Sugar Law Center, serving the city's downtrodden.
Notable Facts:
She was the first Muslim woman elected to the Michigan Legislature.
Won for the Democratic primary for 13th Congressional District seat in 2018, to replace John Conyers. She was one of the first Muslim American woman to hold a Congressional seat. Ran unopposed by Republicans in the November 2018 race.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Appropriations , Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: Term Limited
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Appropriations , Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services, Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Part of the city of Detroit [see map in Manual p.288] in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office:
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Min. Vice-Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Community Health; and Judiciary
Committees Served On: Appropriations , Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services, Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary, Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid & Education
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Part of the city of Detroit [see map in Manual p.288] in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office:
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary; Vice-Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services
Bibliography:
Rep's web page 2011; Capitol2011 p.57; Toledo Blade 3/15/2018; MichiganRadio.org 8/7/2018
