Iymen H Chehade is an American professor, activist, and head of Foreign Policy and Research for the Marie Newman IL 06 congressional campaign.
14 Facts About Iymen Chehade
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Iymen Chehade ran as a Democratic candidate in 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois' 3rd congressional district, which had no incumbent.
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Iymen Chehade was born in Chicago and grew up in the Avondale and Logan Square neighborhoods.
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Iymen Chehade is the son of immigrant parents from Palestine.
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Iymen Chehade is an adjunct professor of history teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Columbia College Chicago.
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Iymen Chehade's courses focus on contemporary middle eastern history and events, including courses he created on the Palestine-Israeli crisis and the war in Syria.
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Professor Iymen Chehade often serves as faculty adviser to the Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at SAIC and Columbia College Chicago.
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Columbia College Chicago removed one of Iymen Chehade's scheduled sections for the 2014 spring semester.
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Iymen Chehade is the founder of Uprising Theater, a nonprofit in Chicago, dedicated to working to give voice to the people of Palestine and others who are marginalized.
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In 2009, Iymen Chehade wrote and directed a play about a Palestinian family living under occupation called Garden of the Three.
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In December 2021, Iymen Chehade announced that he would run in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois' 3rd congressional district.
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Iymen Chehade lost the race to Villegas on second place and Ramirez on first.
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Iymen Chehade identified Medicare for All, Education for All, Immigration reform, and a Marshall Plan for the US as his primary issues of concern.
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On January 19,2021 Iymen Chehade filed a lawsuit against US Representative Marie Newman to enforce a contract the two had signed.