Adam Hamawy, Egyptian-American Who Volunteered in Gaza, Wins US House Race
Hamawy won with 74.8% of the vote, becoming the first Muslim and first Arab American elected to the U.S. House.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Adam Hamawy won the House seat for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, defeating Republican Gregg Mele with 74.8% of the vote as AP called the race.
- An Egyptian-American surgeon, Hamawy built his campaign on humanitarian experience treating patients in conflict zones, including medical missions in Gaza during 2024 and 2025 organized by the Palestinian American Medical Association.
- Hamawy served eight years as an Army surgeon, including a nine-month deployment to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad during the Iraq War, before establishing a plastic surgery practice in Princeton.
- His victory narrows the Republicans' 218-214 majority in the House, and Hamawy becomes the first person of Egyptian descent and one of five Muslim members in Congress.
- In a May interview with the New Jersey Monitor, Hamawy called the war with Iran "illegal and immoral" and said it "needs to be stopped," while opposing military aid to countries committing human rights violations.
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Dr. Adam Hamawy also becomes the first Muslim to represent New Jersey.
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Egyptian doctor who undertook medical missions to Gaza will now go to Congress
Egyptian doctor who undertook medical missions to Gaza will now go to Congress Submitted by Mounira Elsamra on Wed, 11/04/2026 - 20:05 Adam Hamawy's win in New Jersey makes him the first Muslim to represent the state in the House of Representatives Adam Hamawy speaks during an AFP interview after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, on 14 June 2024 (Drew Angerer/AFP) Off Egyptian-American surgeon Adam Hamawy has w…
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