Growing up as a NYC public school student in Brooklyn, Linda Sarsour often had to choose between going to school and celebrating her faith. This is from a series of short films called The Secret Life of Muslims, created by filmmaker Joshua Seftel. USA Today USA Today Long before the Women’s March on Washington, Linda … Continued
By Vijay Prashad AlterNet Linda Sarsour and I are walking down the street of a liberal New England town. The day is warm, the sun with that twinkle that is essential to Spring in this part of the world. Hibernation is over; the streets are once more places to walk casually. A woman walks by, … Continued
Story by Atossa Abrahamian Photography by Brad Ogbonna THE FADER The Arab American Association of New York is located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in a shabby storefront opposite a Halal market and around the corner from an Islamic clothing store that sells hijabs and abayas. Inside, there’s a linoleum “wood” floor, mismatched furniture, and little … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic Women’s March co-organizers Linda Sarsour, Tamika D. Mallory, Bob Bland and Carmen Perez were arrested for protesting outside of Trump International Hotel in New York City on International Women’s Day, according to the Women’s March official Twitter page. Some of us have been arrested #DayWithoutAWoman pic.twitter.com/WSYVdrQjxA — Women’s March (@womensmarch) March … Continued
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman The Huffington Post “It’s not my place.” “I might make it worse.” “I have to go.” “Someone else will do it.” One by one, people around the circle named the reasons why they might not step in if they saw someone being harassed on their commute. It was all part of a … Continued
Linda Sarsour director of the first Muslim online organizing platform, MPower Change, and co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington. Democracy Now! Following President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, many media outlets began to cast his presidency in a new, more moderate light. However, activists and organizers say Trump’s presidency … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic.com On Tuesday, the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force announced it’s investigating a threat made on social media against prominent Brooklyn activist Linda Sarsour, the New York Daily News reported. A man identified as Glenn Maccioli asked to find Sarsour’s home location on Facebook so he could “spit in … Continued
Video: AFP Jenavieve Hatch The Huffington Post Designer Mara Hoffman used her platform at New York Fashion Week to amplify the voices of the Women’s March on Washington organizers. Activists Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland and Carmen Perez gave a passionate speech before Hoffman’s show about their inclusive Women’s March movement, and the importance … Continued
Linda Sarsour speaks onstage during the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images) By Michael Alison Chandler The Washington Post It was 4 a.m. on the day of the Women’s March that Linda Sarsour and her national co-chairs realized how big the event they had spent 20 hours a day planning for … Continued
BY MEREDITH CLARK GLAMOUR Linda Sarsour has had a busy few weeks. As the executive director of the Arab-American Association of New York and one of the cochairs of the Women’s March on Washington, the organizer and activist helped bring millions of people into the streets around the world to peacefully protest Donald Trump and … Continued
DEMOCRACY NOW! We turn now to Sarsour v. Trump—a sweeping lawsuit the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed Monday challenging Trump’s executive order temporarily banning all refugees from entering the United States and banning entry into the U.S. to all 218 million citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The … Continued
The Huffington Post Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, explains how President Donald Trump’s restrictions on refugees will affect U.S. national security and Muslims who live in the United States.
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