Is He a Jihadist? A Communist? Cartoonists Can’t Decide How to Smear El-Sayed
Washington Post (8/23/26): “The fixation on El-Sayed’s faith is part of a growing embrace of open Islamophobia by some Republicans.” Political cartoons commenting on Michigan’s 2026 US Senate race have been dominated by a torrent of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism directed at Democratic nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, an Arab-American Muslim. These caricatures doContinue Reading












