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  "id": 18501983,
  "title": "‘Shawarma law’: Abdul El-Sayed never shied away from Islamophobic provocations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/shawarma-law-abdul-el-sayed-never-shied-away-from-islamophobic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:46:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/06/abdul-el-sayed-islamophobia-michigan-senate-seat"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The successful Democratic contender for a Michigan Senate seat parried the many insinuations lobbed by Republicans Abdul El-Sayed said he did not expect to be “a main character of this midterms”, but the first Muslim elected to the US Senate in history will take his seat in January after a vitriolic campaign that cast him as the central villain of the president and his party. By October he told…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "From ‘habibi’ to ‘hamdulillah’: Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate victory sparks Arab pride",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/from-habibi-to-hamdulillah-abdul-el-sayeds-senate-victory-sparks-arab",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:22:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Abdul El-Sayed did not have to become less Muslim to win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/abdul-el-sayed-did-not-have-to-become-less-muslim-to-win",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:53:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Dubai relatives of Abdul El-Sayed celebrate his historic US Senate win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/dubai-relatives-of-abdul-el-sayed-celebrate-his-historic-us-senate-win",
        "published": "2026-11-06T08:03:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘JD Habibi…’: Why Abdul El-Sayed’s videos resurfaced after US Senate win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/jd-habibi-why-abdul-el-sayeds-videos-resurfaced-after-us-senate-win",
        "published": "2026-11-06T10:59:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Abdul El-Sayed's victory proves supporting Palestine is no electoral liability",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/abdul-el-sayeds-victory-proves-supporting-palestine-is-no-electoral",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:03:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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