Ferial masry biography for kids

July 30, -- Amid the excitement on the floor of the Democratic National Convention sat Ferial Masry, a high school history and government teacher running for a local assembly seat in a Los Angeles suburb.

If she wins in November, Ferial will be first person born in Saudi Arabia to hold elected office in the United States.

"I could see when [my students] come in, they bring their parents and say, 'My teacher, you know she is going to be president,' " Masry said.

"I say 'No, no, no! Not the president. I can't be the president.

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Remember I wasn't born here. But I'm going to be in the government!'"

No wonder that this week, she has been sought after by the Arab television networks covering the convention. Ferial has a unique perspective on American politics, and to viewers in the Arab world she is an example of the American experience.

Ferial said she is motivated, more than anything else, by