In Person of Interest we talk to the people catching our eye right now about their projects past and present. Next up, we chat with Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is in the closing weeks of his campaign, about food affordability and Detroit's food scene.

Sharia law? Abdul El-Sayed has a different proposition: shawarma law.

In an April cooking video published on TikTok , Egyptian American US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, wearing a Detroit Lions apron, joined Lebanese American food creator Summer Homayed to prepare beef shawarma, a staple of metro Detroit's Arab food scene. As they grilled marinated flank steak, drained potatoes, and mixed garlic and herbs, Homayed peppered him with political questions. (“We don't usually grill shawarma,” he said in the video, alluding to the use of a traditional spit.)

El-Sayed responded with food-adjacent commentary. The steak was purchased without corporate money, just like his campaign.…