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El-Sayed’s rise thrills Egyptians, embarrasses Cairo

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El-Sayed’s rise thrills Egyptians, embarrasses Cairo

Prominent Egyptians hailed the election of Abdul El-Sayed as the first Muslim member of the US Senate on Wednesday, though state media paid little notice to the rise of a liberal American who has called his parents' native country a military dictatorship.

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