{"id":76286,"date":"2021-06-21T18:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=76286"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:12:52","slug":"yale-elects-its-first-ever-muslim-student-body-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/76286-yale-elects-its-first-ever-muslim-student-body-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Yale elects its first-ever Muslim student body president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f2\u06f1_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f5\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Yale University, one of the oldest in the Ivy League, elected a Muslim student as president of its student body for the first time.<br>Bayan Galal, according to Connecticut-based news station WFSB, secured 56 per cent of the student body vote for Yale College Council President, making her the first Muslim in the university&#8217;s 320-year history to assume the student government presidency.<br>\u201cAs a Muslim woman, I have only been able to accomplish things, so many of the things, that I\u2019ve been able to because of other people who have advocated for me and advocated for people like me,&#8221; Ms Galal told WFSB.<br>\u201cMy goal was to pay that debt forward to future generations by delivering results for the Yale student body,&#8221; she said.<br>Ms Galal is a double major in molecular biology and global affairs, with a minor in global health study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yale University, one of the oldest in the Ivy League, elected a Muslim student as president of its student body for the first time.Bayan Galal, according to Connecticut-based news station WFSB, secured 56 per cent of the student body vote for Yale College Council President, making her the first Muslim in the university&#8217;s 320-year history &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[205,722],"class_list":["post-76286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-muslim","tag-president"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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