(Middle East Eye) Hassan Almusawy is only 17, but in November, he’ll be voting for the first time.
To ensure that his preferred candidate is on the ballot, he’s travelled more than 1100km from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Dearborn, Michigan, hoping to convince other Arab Americans to vote for Bernie Sanders.
In a predominantly Arab-American neighbourhood near Dearborn’s Warren Avenue, the Iraqi-American teen goes door-to-door, knocking patiently and making his case for the Vermont senator.
“I am Hassan with the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. Are you going to vote on Tuesday?” Almusawy asks in Arabic as soon as someone opens the door.
Then he proceeds to inform residents of their polling location and stresses that Michigan’s new law doesn’t require voters to be pre-registered to vote.
