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IrelandAber Kawas's New York first joins Arab-American election gains
The Palestinian-American's state Senate victory features alongside congressional wins in a widely watched Arabic-language roundup.
Arab worldStory of Why this story? One of Al Mashhad المشهد's most watched videos since yesterday, with 508,339 views.
Al Mashhad المشهد: An Arabic news channel broadcasting from Dubai since 2023. 6.7M subscribers and 3.5B views.
العرب يكتسحون في انتخابات الكونغرس..6 مرشحين بينهم فلسطينيان #اخبار_المشهد
Aber Kawas holds up a campaign poster declaring a first: a Palestinian elected in New York State. Her victory is one of the milestones highlighted by Al Mashhad المشهد, the United Arab Emirates-based Arabic-language broadcaster, in a short report spanning elections to Washington and state legislatures.
The report says Kawas won a New York State Senate seat, becoming the first Palestinian-American elected to the state's legislature. It shows her message celebrating the result: "We made history."
The roundup also reports that Egyptian-American surgeon Adam Hamawy won a U.S. House seat in New Jersey, while Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in Michigan's U.S. Senate contest. In Michigan, it highlights another victory for Abbas Alawieh, a Lebanese-American organizer and co-founder of the Uncommitted movement.
Returning members of Congress complete the report: Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota. The narrator describes Omar's reelection against the backdrop of Donald Trump's attacks on her.
The video's title, "العرب يكتسحون في انتخابات الكونغرس..6 مرشحين بينهم فلسطينيان #اخبار_المشهد", means "Arabs sweep congressional elections: six candidates, including two Palestinians." Its scope is broader than that wording suggests: Kawas's seat is in a state legislature, not Congress, and Omar is Somali-American rather than Arab-American.
The Short drew about half a million views since yesterday, bringing these different routes into elected office together for an Arabic-speaking audience.
A Palestinian-American politician and community organizer who won New York’s 12th State Senate district in November 2026, becoming the first Palestinian-American elected to the state legislature.
More on Wikipedia ›An American plastic surgeon and former U.S. Army physician who won the 2026 Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district.
More on Wikipedia ›An American epidemiology professor, public health administrator and politician who is Michigan’s U.S. senator-elect.
More on Wikipedia ›A Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, serving in Congress since 2019. She is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress.
More on Wikipedia ›A Democratic U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019. Her district includes Minneapolis and some nearby suburbs.
More on Wikipedia ›Published on Trari
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- Channel
- Al Mashhad المشهد
- Subscribers
- 6,710,000 ▲ 40,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 22,869,123
- Channel views, pace per day
- 146,375 (on a normal day: 2,578,391)
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 686,443 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 508,567 (on a normal day: 257,469)
The numbers
The election roundup drew about half a million views since yesterday.
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What is Adam Hamawy's profession outside politics?
The report introduces Hamawy as a surgeon elected to the U.S. House from New Jersey.