{"id":24193,"date":"2022-11-15T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T01:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=24193"},"modified":"2025-01-31T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:14:19","slug":"nabeela-syed-the-indian-politician-making-history-at-us-midterms","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/nabeela-syed-the-indian-politician-making-history-at-us-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Nabeela Syed: The Indian politician making history at US midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(November 15, 2022) <\/strong>The General Assembly of Illinois in the United States was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2022, the current General Assembly is the 102<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one. In a proud moment for India, in such a long period of its existence, Indian descent Nabeela Syed has written history by becoming the first Indian, first Muslim and its youngest member.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overjoyed with her victory in the recent election she tweeted:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>My name is Nabeela Syed. I am a 23-year-old Muslim, Indian-American woman. We just flipped a Republican-held suburban district.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_24208\" style=\"width: 1011px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24208\" class=\"wp-image-24208 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/n.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1001\" height=\"563\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1001px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1001\/563;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24208\" class=\"wp-image-24208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/n.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1001\" height=\"563\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-24208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nabeela Syed<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian-American democrat, whose parents immigrated to the USA from Hyderabad, was born and raised in Palatine, Illinois. She won the US midterm elections that concluded on 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> November 2022, defeating Chris Bos of the Republican Party, receiving 52.3 percent of the votes, and will be joining the Illinois General Assembly from January 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is important as a young Indian woman to inspire other folks (in the USA) so that we can make a mark in the country,\u201d Nabeela said in a television interview after her win.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My district was drawn for a Republican. <\/p>\n<p>From the beginning, I was told that white suburban voters would not vote for \u201csomeone like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did not do this alone. I am grateful for every member of our team who worked together to make the impossible possible.<\/p>\n<p>A thank you \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nabeela Syed (@NabeelaforIL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NabeelaforIL\/status\/1591940528110997505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of the campaign of the race last year, the budding politician had remarked in one of her social media posts, \u201cWhen I was first considering running, I was shocked to learn that there had never been an Indian woman or a Muslim representing Illinois in the State Legislature.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The youngster went on to add, \u201cIt\u2019s 2021 and it\u2019s time that our leadership starts looking a lot more like us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Empowering moves<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabeela is empowering young Muslim women to take on leadership roles within her religious community at the Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armed with a double major in political science and business from the University of California, Berkeley, the budding politician has professionally worked with several organisations like EMILY&#8217;s List, America\u2019s political action committee to raise money to elect Democrats to Congress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24210\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24210\" class=\"wp-image-24210 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Banner-option-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24210\" class=\"wp-image-24210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Banner-option-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-24210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nabeela Syed with volunteers of her campaign<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, she works for a non-profit that creates various civic engagement initiatives through digital strategy, addressing issues like preventing sexual assault on college campuses, mobilising voters, and advancing gender equity. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the best parts is that people are sending messages from India congratulating me. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s incredible and humbling that the campaign gained importance beyond America,\u201d she said in an interview after her recent win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Proving naysayers wrong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn our district a lot of people said that an Indian woman won\u2019t be able to win in this kind of Republican held district,\u201d Nabeela said, but undeterred, she pushed forward, campaigning door-to-door making people aware that she is there to work for the issues that mattered most to them. In the end, victory prevailed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24214\" style=\"width: 1191px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24214\" class=\"wp-image-24214 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela_.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1181\" height=\"1061\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1181px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1181\/1061;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24214\" class=\"wp-image-24214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela_.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"1181\" height=\"1061\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-24214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nabeela just after filing a petition to include her name on the ballot on 8th March 2022. Over 2,000 community members signed the petition and dozens of volunteers circulated them<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extremely happy with the positive outcome, she credited the voters, especially the youngsters, who came out to vote for her, proving that the \u2018right wave was not as strong as it was believed to be\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany people in the country are in favour of reproductive healthcare freedom,\u201d she said, remarking on one of the main agendas of her campaign that clicked. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>I will always \u2013 and unequivocally \u2013 protect the right to safe and legal abortions in Illinois. And I will fight to fix our broken property tax system while keeping our schools well-resourced.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That was her campaign message, delivered loud and clear to the people she met during the past year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><b>Nabeela\u2019s voluntary initiatives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leadership, working for causes and people skills come naturally to the youngster. She served as the Campaign Manager for current Township High School District 211 School Board Member Tim Mc Gowan, helping him publicize his values of accountability, community, and equity in the schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24211\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24211\" class=\"wp-image-24211 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1002\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1002;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24211\" class=\"wp-image-24211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1002\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-24211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nabeela with her supporters<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From organizing Asian American voters to flip Senate seats in Georgia, to engaging in door-to-door campaigns to help elect Democrats in Schaumburg and Palatine Nabeela has worked to advance progressive causes on both a local and national scale which has honed her politician\u2019s skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Nabeela&#8217;s take on Hijab<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The young politician who advocates interfaith dialogue believes that it\u2019s an individual\u2019s right to choose when it comes to wearing hijab, just as it should be for choosing reproductive freedom. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s my choice to wear a hijab and no one can force me to wear it or not wear it,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>I am so lucky to have that choice and I choose every single day to wear hijab and represent Muslims and be very proud of it. However, I believe that the choice is necessary and every young girl should get the right to choose.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right from her high school days Nabeela has had some uneasy experiences with some pupils calling names but the strong girl knew how to deal with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24212 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela-voted.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"621\" height=\"820\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 621px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 621\/820;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24212 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nabeela-voted.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Nabeela Syed | Global Indian\" width=\"621\" height=\"820\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, it was one of the reasons people even discouraged her to contest for the elections. \u201cPeople told me not to run (in the election), You are Indian and visibly a Muslim wearing hijab.\u201d Still, the final outcome is \u2018exciting\u2019, with appreciation pouring in from \u2018from people in the community, across the country, and across the world,\u2019 turning who she is and where she comes from into a cause of record-breaking jubilation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firmly believing that people should not be discriminated against because of their faith, the young politician is humbled with her amazing victory, and is all geared up to fulfill the promises that she made to people during her year-long campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Nabeela Syed on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NabeelaforIL?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nabeela-syed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nabeelasyed\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nabeela4Illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 15, 2022) The General Assembly of Illinois in the United States was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2022, the current General Assembly is the 102nd one. In a proud moment for India, in such a long period of its existence, Indian descent Nabeela Syed has written history by becoming the first Indian, first Muslim and its youngest member.\u00a0\u00a0 Overjoyed with her victory in the recent election she tweeted: My name is Nabeela Syed. I am a 23-year-old Muslim, Indian-American woman. We just flipped a Republican-held suburban district. 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