Kamala Harris Campaign Team Recruits Egyptian-American Women's Bloody Lawyers To Target Arab Voters

The Walz and Kamala Harris teams. (Instagram/kamalaharris)

JAKARTA - The campaign team for presidential candidate Kamalan Harris recruited an Egyptian-American lawyer as well as a former Department of Homeland Security official to help reach Arab-American voters who hold influence in several states that could provide decisive assistance in the upcoming November election.

Brenda Abdelall will be tasked with supporting support from a frustrated community with United States support for the Israeli war in Gaza, as reported by Reuters on August 29.

Previously, Harris, who is a candidate from the Democratic Party along with vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, had recruited Afghan-American lawyer Nasrina Bargzie to reach American Muslims.

The incumbent US Vice President is competing closely with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump paired with JD Vance. Voices from Muslims and Arab Americans can help determine outcomes in battle states such as Michigan, which has witnessed street protests over the Israel-Gaza war.

US President Joe Biden won most of Arab and Muslim votes in 2020. However, his support for Israel and the large death toll in Gaza has frustrated many community members. They launched a campaign "without commitment" to him in the Democratic nomination contest.

The state of Michigan, where Harris will visit next week, is home to one of the largest American Muslim and Arab populations in the United States. More than 100,000 voters voted for them "without a commitment" instead of Biden, who resigned as a candidate on July 21, in the state's preliminary election.

Some activists say they consider Harris responsible for Israel's policies of the Biden administration and the crisis in Gaza.

After last week's Democratic convention, pro-Palestinian activists said Harris failed to show any changes to the status quo.

While pro-Palestinian voices are not expected to vote for Trump and have indicated they do not support the Republican Party, some activists have launched a campaign called "Greanbaid" and have urged their supporters to support third-party candidates.

Abdelall, Harris' choice for America's Arab outreach, recently served as senior adviser to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He joined the agency in January 2021, shortly after Trump stepped down from his post, to become chief staff of the department's civil rights office.

Abdelall, who grew up in Ann banyak, Michigan, previously managed a blog and food website, which focuses on Middle Eastern cuisine. He has taught Middle Eastern cooking classes at a culinary school in northern Virginia.