11-06-15 Dave Wassim Abdullah, Iyad Afalqa on elections and politics

The Arab Daily News Radio show with host Ray Hanania, Friday November 6, 2015. (Hanania is doing a special show this morning sitting in for Atef Gawad but he'll be back next Friday Nov. 13, 2015) to do his show which is scheduled the  2^nd Tuesday of the month broadcasting live in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Washington D.C. on AM 700 radio … hosted on Laila Al-Husini’s US Arab Radio Network Radio Baladi which broadcasts every morning at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Today’s guests:

8 am: Dave Wassim Abdallah elected to the Dearborn heights City Council. Mr. Abdallah talks about the challenges of being American Arab and Muslim running for public office and how he overcame them to win office in the Dearborn Heights City Council elections on Tuesday November 3, 2015. Abdallah promises he WON'T bring Sharia Law to Dearborn Heights ...

Here are links to his Facebook Pages:

Click here for his campaign website

Click here for his Facebook Page

8:30 Iyad Afalqa, vice chairman of the Arab American Democratic Caucus in California. Executive Board member of the Central Committee of the California Democratic Party. Mr. Afalqa talks about the importance of being engaged in American society and politics to make a difference not just for America but for issues including Palestine. Afalqa is the Democratic chairman representing a city of more than 250,000 residents.

Click here for Iyad's Facebook Page

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Info on Wassim Abdallah. Abdallah and his family have lived in Dearborn Heights since 2000. He has worked as a realtor in Dearborn Heights since 1989. Most importantly, Dearborn Heights is where he choose to raise his family. As a father, he knows how important it is to have safe neighborhoods and city services the public can rely on. As an experienced realtor, he knows the issues residents face, and how important it is to maintain our home values.

"I care very deeply about our community. As your councilman, I will fight for you everyday. As your councilman, I will be transparent, responsive, and will search for creative ways to fix our city’s challenges. My drive and passion are reflected in every job I take on. With your vote, I can utilize my keen business sense, and bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to City Hall. On your absentee ballot or in the polls on November 3, 2015, Please cast a vote for Wassim “Dave” Abdallah. Together we will pave the way for a brighter future in Dearborn Heights."

We also discuss the elections on Tuesday November 3, 2015 in nearby Hamtramck where voters  elected a Muslim Majority to their City Council. Elected were Yemeni-American Saad Almasmari, and re-elected were Bangladesh natives Abu Musa and Anam Miah. They join Bangladeshi member Mohammed Hassan. Muslims now hold four of the council’s six seats in a city that was settled by Germans, became predominantly Polish in the early 1900s, and now has a slight majority of Muslims from Yemen, Bangladesh and Bosnia-Herzegovina.