Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Saudi-born Woman to Contest Polls Again

SAUDI-BORN WOMAN TO CONTEST POLLS AGAIN
: : Saudi Gazette Online : ::
"Masry is a rare Saudi with first-hand knowledge of how the democratic system works from an insider s point of view. She has won endorsements from several Southern California newspapers and suffered none of the rancor from American voters in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, world.
People identify with me, she said. I am the mother of a soldier. I am a success story of an immigrant. And I am a woman people can identify with.
Masry, 56, a schoolteacher, could be the first Saudi female and just one of a handful of Arab-Americans elected to office in the United States.
In Southern California she wants to protect the public education "

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