The reactions in Egypt to Egyptian-American Abdul El-Sayed’s U.S. Senate victory ranged from exuberant celebration and online humor to indifference and outright rejection, exposing the limits of Egypt’s embrace of its own abroad. The post Egypt Reacts to Abdul El-Sayed’s Win appeared first on New Lines Magazine.

BEIRUT (AP) — From Michigan to the Middle East, Arabs are celebrating Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win and delighting in his introduction of Arabic terms like “habibi” and “inshallah” to the American political lexicon. After being the target of Islamophobic rhetoric on the campaign trail, the rising political star who will…