Born in the USA, Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the US House of Representatives seat from Michigan’s 13th congressional district in 2018 and was unopposed in the general election, thus becoming the first Palestinian-American woman, and joint first Muslim woman, in Congress. She has previously served in the Michigan State House (2009 to 2014), and was the first Muslim woman ever elected to the state’s legislature. She has been vocal in her opposition to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza and held up a ‘war criminal’ sign when Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed Congress.