American-Arabs

Sami Scheetz, the first Arab American to become Iowa state representative after next November elections. (Supplied)

Iowa set to get its first-ever Arab American state representative

  • Democrat Sami Scheetz, a 25-year-old community organizer who’s mother is originally from Syria, is running unopposed in the state legislature’s 78th district
  • He has been actively involved in politics for 10 years, working for the Sanders and Biden presidential campaigns and a gubernatorial campaign in 2018
By ALI YOUNES ·