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A former beauty queen who represented Iraq in the Miss Universe pageant and fled war-torn Iraq in search of a better life in America is hoping to run for Congress in California.

Twenty years on from the start of the Iraq War, Sarah Idan, who describes herself as a feminist and human rights activist, is looking to challenge was she believes to be the Democrats biggest weakness - its wokery.

Idan, 33, has spoken out against the extreme left of the Democratic Party and has openly criticized Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments on Jewish people and Israel.

'I don't stand for your anti-American, antisemitic, Muslim Brotherhood agenda, using this democracy to further your…Islamic socialism goals of dividing and weakening our country,' Idan tweeted in 2019.

'I would just be the opposite of Ilhan Omar. I'm a Democrat and liberal, but I don't think like you – I don't hate this country,' she explained.

Idan has also expressed her dislike for what she sees as the party's obsession with so-called 'white privilege' and its failure to address public safety concerns and rising levels of crime in Los Angeles, where she currently lives.

Born in Baghdad in 1990, Idan was the second youngest of five children. 

Her father was a military engineer for Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, but privately her views at home did not reflect that party line. The family effectively had to 'live as hostages under Saddam.'

She describes life as being extremely hard under the brutal dictator with limited access to food, water, and electricity. Politically, the family constantly feared accusations of 'disloyalty'.

'We couldn't say anything against him. I learned everything I was taught by Saddam was a lie,' she told the New York Post.