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Linda Sarsour

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Linda Sarsour

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This is the forty-sixth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our forty-sixth pathbreaker is Linda Sarsour, a political activist who has led significant liberal movements to improve human rights. Contributing writer, John Mason describes how she has fought for Muslim rights in the context of 9/11 and the Supreme Court ban on Muslim immigration, and then joined the BLM movement, linking Black and Palestinian human rights. President Obama called her “A Champion of Change.” Linda has been outspoken on the horrific results of the Hamas Israel war.

Help Me, Help You–Biden Campaign Readjusts its Course: a New ‘Plan for Partnership with Arab Americans’

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By John Mason, Contributing Writer/Arab America Just a week or so ago, Palestinian American political activist, Linda Sarsour, was disavowed from the Democratic national campaign. Nevertheless, she continues to support Biden. In the meantime, the campaign, almost as if to vindicate Sarsour, issued the Biden ‘Plan for Partnership’ with Arab Americans, which demonstrates clear support … Continued

Disavowing of Palestinian American Activist from Biden Campaign Signals the Democratic Party’s Hopelessness about Palestine

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By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Linda Sarsour is an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent and a political activist. She has led many protests, perhaps most well-known of which is the 2017 Women’s March on Washington and elsewhere. Just this past week, she gained notoriety by being disavowed from the Biden campaign, accused of practicing … Continued

Rashida Tlaib And Linda Sarsour Wear Palestinian Robes To Congress

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SOURCE: FORWARD BY: AIDEN PINK As Rashida Tlaib prepared to be sworn in as the first Palestinian-American congresswoman on Thursday, she wore a traditional Palestinian robe — and was joined by activist Linda Sarsour. “It’s a national holiday, I’m doing no work today,” Sarsour, who is also Palestinian-American, said in a video she posted on … Continued

Celebrating Linda Sarsour: MAD FREE’s Freedom Fighters Shirt Line Will Debut at Afropunk

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Photo by Whitney Richardson By: Teryn Payne Source: Teen Vogue Afropunk in Brooklyn is upon us. The arts, music and culture festival is pretty much the headquarters for #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy. The 2017 edition will deliver the most powerful performances, superb natural hair products, musical euphoria, and amazing fashion finds. One of the many vendors … Continued

19 People Jews Should Worry About More Than Linda Sarsour

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By: Steven Davidson Source: Forward You may be familiar with Linda Sarsour, an activist who rose to prominence as one of the leaders of the Women’s March. Sarsour has a lot of supporters. But she also has her fair share of detractors. Sarsour has been repeatedly isolated as a harbinger of hate and violence, most … Continued

Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour cheered at CUNY graduation

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BY: AYANA HARRY SOURCE: PIX 11 NEW YORK A Palestinian-American activist whose role as a commencement speaker had come under protest from critics opposing her stance on Israel was given a standing ovation by graduating students Thursday after she told them they must commit to demanding change. Thursday was the first commencement of the City … Continued

Palestinian-American Activist Linda Sarsour Honored Among Friends

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From (L-R) Linda Sarsour, Bertha Lewis And Tamika D. Mallory At The 2017 Justice For All Ball. All Photos By Kadia Goba   By: Kadia Goba Source: Kings County Politics The Black Institute (TBI) celebrated their 7th Annual Justice for All Ball on Thursday by honoring, amongst others, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, the subject of … Continued

Five Professors at CUNY Defend Linda Sarsour’s Right to Speak at Graduation

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By: Five Professors at City University of New York Source: Inside Higher Education For the past few weeks, right-wing and conservative religious groups have protested the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy’s invitation to Linda Sarsour, an Arab-American activist and co-organizer of the national Women’s March on Washington … Continued

Making Change: Linda Sarsour

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Source: Bill Moyers and Company Linda Sarsour is now nationally recognized as one of four co-chairs of the Women’s March on Washington last January, but this Palestinian-American, Brooklyn-born-and-bred activist first jumped into action closer to home. Sarsour’s Arab-Muslim neighborhood of Bayridge, Brooklyn, was subjected to police sweeps after 9/11, prompting her to volunteer at the … Continued

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