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First Ever Muslim Somali-american Woman Elected As MP In Historic US Election by Badtman(op): 2:19pm On Nov 10, 2016

Ilhan Omar, 34, has made history by becoming the first Somali legislator in the United States. A former refugee, the Somali-born activist has been elected to serve as an MP in the US state of Minnesota. The Muslim Somali-American woman becomes the highest-ranking Somali elected to office in the US.
Her election comes just days after US President-elect Donald Trump accused Somali immigrants in Minnesota of “spreading their extremist views” .
Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community – about 50,000 according to the US census.
Celebrating her victory, Ms Omar said she would be the “voice for the marginalised” in the state parliament.
“I think I bring the voice of young people. I think I bring the voice of women in the East African community. I bring the voice of Muslims. I bring the voice of young mothers looking for opportunities,” Minnesota Public Radio quoted her as saying .
Ms Omar escaped from Somalia with her family at the start of the civil war when she was eight years old.
They lived in a Kenyan refugee camp for four years, before moving to the US and settling in a Somali-American neighbourhood in Minnesota.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37925048

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