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Submitted by: Farjan Ahmed Soomro
Ilhan and Rashida are the first Muslim women to represent Americans in the US House of Representatives.
Ilhan Omar, 37, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1981. In 2016, she was elected a Democratic Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, making her the first Somali-American legislator elected to a public office in the United States.
Rashida Tlaib Technically, Palestinian-American Rashida Harbi Tlaib is the first American Muslim woman to be elected to Congress. Although her election was officially announced on Tuesday, she was elected unopposed as no one came forward to challenge Rashida in another deeply Democratic district.
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Last Updated: November 13, 2018