(Middle East Monitor) Colorado elected its first Muslim lawmaker in state history, during a night like no other following four years of social, political, and indeed, emotional turmoil.
Iman Jodeh is no stranger to the US political arena, which she believes has failed to live up to America’s founding ideals, a place that disappointed her and so many immigrants, refugees, and minorities like her.
She is committed to alleviating them.
“There wasn’t really just one thing that set me on this path, but rather a life of experiencing injustices that have put me in a place where I just simply thought it was important to give truth and voice to marginalised communities,” she says.
