开罗，11月4日电 —— 埃及知名人士周三赞扬阿卜杜勒·赛义德当选为美国参议院首位穆斯林议员，尽管官方媒体对这位自由派美国人的崛起鲜有报道，他曾称其父母的祖国为军事独裁。
CAIRO, Nov 4 - Prominent Egyptians hailed the election of Abdul El-Sayed as the first Muslim member of the US Senate on Wednesday, though state media paid little notice to the rise of a liberal American who has called his parents' native country a military dictatorship.
赛义德出生于密歇根州，父母为埃及移民。他常深情谈及自己的血统，赞扬埃及美食与幽默感，并怀念在父亲成长的地中海城市亚历山大度过的夏天。
El-Sayed, born in Michigan to Egyptian immigrant parents, has often spoken fondly about his heritage, praised Egyptian food and humour, and warmly recalled summers in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, where his father grew up.
但他关于埃及的言论也曾激怒部分埃及人，包括曾表示，若非历史巧合让父母来到底特律，他本会像堂兄弟一样在埃及当出租车司机。
But he has also irked some Egyptians with remarks about the country, including once saying that but for the accident of history that brought his parents to Detroit he would have ended up as a taxi driver in Egypt like his cousins.
他在今年竞选期间的一次采访中称，埃及生活在“由我们这里的税收资助的军事独裁统治之下”。
In a campaign interview this year he described Egypt as living under "a military dictatorship funded by our tax dollars here".
尽管如此，埃及知名公众人物仍对他的胜利表示赞扬，许多人指出，尽管他是特朗普总统的坚定反对者，仍能取得成功。
His victory was nevertheless hailed by prominent Egyptian public figures, many noting that he was able to succeed despite being a fierce opponent of President Donald Trump.
“无论你对美国怎么评价，但你不得不向一个允许阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·穆罕默德·赛义德成为美国参议员的政治制度致敬，”知名电视主持人阿姆尔·阿迪卜在X平台上写道，特意使用了赛义德的全名以示强调。“甚至在他的胜利演讲中还出现了埃及式的欢呼声。”
"Say what you like about America, but you have to tip your hat to a political system that allows Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed to become a US senator," Amr Adib, a popular television host, wrote on X, using El-Sayed's full name for emphasis. "There was even an Egyptian ululation during his victory speech."
另一位知名电视主持人亚斯敏·哈提卜写道，赛义德的胜利“证实了美国尽管有缺点，依然是一个伟大的国家，人民的意志能够战胜宗教和种族差异，甚至战胜总统本人的意愿。”一个广为流传的视频由一个热门埃及幽默账号发布，画面将赛义德的脸合成到喜剧角色憨豆先生身上，在垂头丧气的特朗普面前跳舞。
Another well-known TV presenter, Yasmine El-Khateib, wrote that El-Sayed's win "confirms that America, for all its faults, is a great country, where the will of the people can prevail despite religious and ethnic differences, and even against the wishes of the president himself." One widely shared clip posted by a popular Egyptian humour account showed El-Sayed's face superimposed on comedy character Mr Bean, dancing in front of a downcast Trump.
前总统穆巴拉克之子阿拉·穆巴拉克转发了一段赛义德胜利演讲的片段，他在片段中开玩笑地用阿拉伯语爱称“哈比比”称呼副总统万斯。
Alaa Mubarak, son of former President Hosni Mubarak, shared a clip of El-Sayed's victory speech in which he jokingly addressed Vice President JD Vance as "habibi", an Arabic term of endearment.
但过去曾大肆报道埃及裔美国人成就的官方媒体——例如奥斯卡影帝拉米·马雷克——对这位批评开罗政府的政客却鲜有关注。
But state media, known in the past for lavishly covering the achievements of Americans of Egyptian heritage such as Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek, gave little attention to a politician who has been critical of the Cairo government.
亲政府评论员洛伊·哈提卜将赛义德的埃及血统斥为“他早已超越的历史”。“在此基础上建立任何期待都将是极其不明智的，”哈提卜在脸书上写道。“把他的当选胜利视为埃及或阿拉伯世界的成就，同样不明智。” 路透社
Pro-government commentator Loay El-Khateeb dismissed El-Sayed's Egyptian origins as "history that he moved beyond a long time ago." "It would be completely unwise to build any kind of expectations on that basis," El-Khateeb wrote on Facebook. "Nor would it be wise to regard his election victory as an Egyptian or Arab achievement in any way." REUTERS