Karnataka-Born Sarah Jukaku: Wife of America's First Muslim Senator Abdul El-Sayed

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In the U.S. midterm elections, the Republican Party faced defeat, and Abdul El-Sayed was elected as the first Muslim senator in U.S. history. His wife, Sarah Jukaku, has roots in Karnataka, India. Sarah Jukaku, of Egyptian descent, hails from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Her grandfather, Jukaku Shamsuddin, served as finance minister under Mysore's chief minister. Her father, a doctor, moved to Michigan, where Sarah was born and studied medicine. Sarah met Abdul El-Sayed at a Muslim student event at the University of Michigan, and they married in 2006. The couple has two daughters, aged 8 and 3.


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