{"id":918,"date":"2016-09-28T21:54:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=918"},"modified":"2017-10-28T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T18:57:24","slug":"arab-american-woman-appointed-to-high-ranking-campaign-position-for-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/arab-american-woman-appointed-to-high-ranking-campaign-position-for-clinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab American Woman Appointed to High Ranking Campaign Position for Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY: Nisreen Eadeh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today is Ms. Zaineb Hussein\u2019s first day of work as the Deputy Political Director for Hillary in Michigan. Hussein will be working under Clinton\u2019s Michigan Political Director Tommy Stallworth, a former Michigan Representative. This appointment makes Hussein the highest ranking Arab American in the Hillary for Michigan campaign, which is significant representation for the Arab American community.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment comes just days after the Clinton campaign opened four more offices in Michigan. One new office is in Dearborn, a city well-known for its high concentration of Arab Americans who have shaped Southeast Michigan\u2019s societal fabric.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein is not new to politics. She played an important role in the primary season as a community activist for the Democratic Party. In 2015, she was named the Director of Constituent Services to Michigan State Senator David Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights).<\/p>\n<p>Many members of the community congratulated her, saying that Clinton is lucky to have her on the candidate\u2019s campaign because of her dynamic personality, hard work, and activism in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Many are speculating that the selection of an Arab American to a high ranking campaign position will increase Clinton\u2019s popularity among members of the community. During the Michigan Primary, Arab American overwhelmingly voted in favor of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Clinton\u2019s loss in the Michigan Primary was seen as a major blow to the campaign, which could struggle to keep the state blue in November.<\/p>\n<p>The role of Arab Americans in local politics is the first step to enforce positive policy developments at the national level. Hussein\u2019s position guarantees a voice for the Arab American community in this increasingly important presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BY: Nisreen Eadeh &nbsp; Today is Ms. Zaineb Hussein\u2019s first day of work as the Deputy Political Director for Hillary in Michigan. Hussein will be working under Clinton\u2019s Michigan Political Director Tommy Stallworth, a former Michigan Representative. This appointment makes Hussein the highest ranking Arab American in the Hillary for Michigan campaign, which is significant [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}