His grandfather was a minister. Who is the Muslim Rima Dudin that Biden chose on his team? (profile)

US President-elect Joe Biden has named Rima Dudin, a Jordanian Muslim, among his new staff at the White House as the deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

“Dudin” is of Jordanian origin. His grandfather is Mustafa Dudin. He was Minister of Social Affairs and Labor in the Wasfi al-Tal government, a member of the Senate and Jordanian ambassador to Kuwait, according to the Jordanian website “Khaberni”.

Duden graduated from the University of California and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is the co-author of a book on the House and Senate of the Brookings Institution.

The website “Biden Harris Presidential Team” says that “Dudin” worked in many positions related to the Democratic Party, the last of which was a volunteer in the “Biden Team”, and also held the position of Democratic senator in the Senate, Richard Durbin, according to the “Tomorrow” website. Jordanian.

The appointment of “Dudin” to this position is considered the first of its kind in the history of the United States of America, as she is considered the first woman of Arab Palestinian and Jordanian origin to join or reach such a position in the US government. .

Rima Dudin

Some incomplete information says that the origins of “Dudin” belong to two countries, some of them belong to the governorate of Hebron in the southern West Bank in Palestine, while the other number belongs to Jordan and has Jordanian citizenship and Jordanian passports.

“Dudin” studied economics and political science at the University of California and graduated in 2002, then joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Law and completed his studies in 2006, then gradually entered the political field assuming a series of works.

The young woman of Arab descent has held various positions in the political arena, being an advisor to Durbin, director of research and assistant to the Judicial Subcommittee on Human Rights.

Her job as director of the office of Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois was the last position she held before being named to the new White House team, and she has volunteered to serve on Biden’s transition team.

She also served as director of investigation and assistant to Dorian’s Human Rights and Law Judicial Subcommittee.

Dudin was a volunteer “voter protection” advisor in the campaign of former US President Barack Obama, and served as an advisor to Senator Durbin, director of his think tank and assistant to his judicial subcommittee on human rights and law.

Durbin said of “Duden” that: “Reema started as a law school apprentice in my office 14 years ago and has become one of Hill’s most respected employees. She is smart, trustworthy and has the respect of members and employees”.

Biden’s choice of a woman of Arab descent comes as an assertion that his politics are based on diversity and disagreement. Previously, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released the Muslim voter poll results from the 2020 presidential election and reported that 84% cast their votes in the elections to show the survey results. That 69% voted for former Vice President Joe Biden and 17% for President Donald Trump, compared to the 2016 elections, in which then-elected President Donald Trump received 13% of the Muslim vote, Trump received 4% more support in 2020.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) poll was conducted on more than 844 Muslim voter families who were registered across the United States, according to CNN.