Abdul El-Sayed made history on Wednesday by becoming the first Muslim Senator in the US midterm elections that gave Democrats the control of the Congress. It was a memorable moment that he celebrated with wife Dr Sarah Jukaku, who has family roots in India. In a video going viral after his win, El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, recalls a family quip about his marriage, offering a glimpse into the Indian connection that has been part of his life for nearly two decades.
Her grandfather, Jukaku Shamshuddin, served as deputy minister for finance in the erstwhile Mysore State under then chief minister BD Jatti. He was also regarded as the first lawyer from the Bhatkal region. READ | America’s First Muslim Senator Has A Wife With Roots In Karnataka In the podcast video, El-Sayed says when he married Dr Jakaku, one of his uncles from Egypt came to him and said, “There are 80 million Egyptians and you went and married an Indian woman?
