1. Linda Sarsour was co-chair of the 2017 Women's March, the 2017 Day Without a Woman, and the 2019 Women's March.
48 Facts About Linda Sarsour
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Linda Sarsour is a former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.
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Linda Sarsour has organized Black Lives Matter demonstrations and was the lead plaintiff in a suit challenging the legality of the Trump travel ban.
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Linda Sarsour has advocated for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories and expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign against Israel.
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Linda Sarsour was born in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest of seven children of Palestinian immigrants.
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Linda Sarsour's father owned a small market in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, called Linda's.
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Linda Sarsour was raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and attended John Jay High School in Park Slope.
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When Linda Sarsour and Atweh were returning from the 2005 gala opening of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, their car was struck by a tractor-trailer.
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Linda Sarsour returned to work immediately, saying of Atweh, "This is where she wanted me to be".
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Linda Sarsour was named to succeed Atweh as executive director of the association at age 25.
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Linda Sarsour initially gained attention for protesting police surveillance of American Muslims.
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Linda Sarsour played a part in the successful campaign to have Islamic holidays recognized in New York City's public schools, which started observing Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr in 2015.
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Linda Sarsour has been hailed by some as a symbol of empowerment and "shattering stereotypes of Muslim women".
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Alinejad said that if Linda Sarsour is concerned with women's rights, she can not use the hijab "which is the most visible symbol of oppression in the Middle East" as a symbol of resistance.
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Linda Sarsour helped form "Muslims for Ferguson", and she traveled to Ferguson with other activists in 2014.
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Linda Sarsour has continued to work extensively with BLM ever since.
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Linda Sarsour became a regular attendee at Black Lives Matter demonstrations as well as a frequent television commentator on feminism.
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Linda Sarsour is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Linda Sarsour has spoken about her activism in the context of building a progressive movement in the United States, and has been praised by liberal politicians and activists.
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Linda Sarsour was a surrogate for US Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign.
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Melissa Harris-Perry writes that Linda Sarsour was "the most reliable target of public vitriol" of the 2017 Women's March leaders over the following year.
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Linda Sarsour was a co-chairwoman of the 2017 Day Without a Woman strike and protest, organized to mark International Women's Day.
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Linda Sarsour has organized and participated in other acts of civil disobedience in protest of the Trump administration's actions, such as ending the DACA program shielding young immigrants from deportation, the Trump administration family separation policy for immigrants, and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Linda Sarsour said that she is not the sort of person who would call for violence against the president.
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In September 2018, Linda Sarsour announced that she would lead the 2019 Women's March on Washington along with Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, and Carmen Perez.
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Linda Sarsour stepped down from the Women's March organization in September 2019 along with Bob Bland and Tamika Mallory.
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Linda Sarsour has dismissed smears circulated on social media and conservative websites that she has ties to Hamas, calling them "fake news".
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Linda Sarsour has said members of her extended family in the Israeli-occupied territories have been arrested and jailed on accusations of supporting Hamas, but denied having contact with any radical Muslim groups.
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Linda Sarsour has said she would like Israelis and Palestinians to coexist peacefully and justly.
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Linda Sarsour told Haaretz that she is and always will be a critic of Israel and fully supports BDS.
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Linda Sarsour later clarified that she was referring to Israel's Jewish nation-state law.
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Linda Sarsour has been criticized by American conservatives and pro-Israel Democrats, along with some Zionist activists for her stance on Middle Eastern politics, including her support for BDS against Israel.
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The Guardian wrote that Linda Sarsour "has been a frequent target of pro-Israel pressure organisations".
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IL group, which used the material to dissuade US universities from allowing Linda Sarsour to speak on campus.
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Linda Sarsour has worked with left-wing Jewish groups including Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
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In late January 2019, Linda Sarsour drew criticism for not mentioning Jews in her International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, with some commentators noting that in 2017 she had called President Trump antisemitic for not mentioning Jews in his own Holocaust Remembrance Day statement.
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When Linda Sarsour was selected to deliver a commencement speech at the City University of New York in June 2017, there was strong opposition from some conservatives.
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Linda Sarsour's objection was based on Sarsour's previously having spoken alongside Rasmea Odeh, who was convicted by an Israeli court for taking part in a bombing that killed two civilians in 1969.
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Linda Sarsour said that she had nothing to apologize for and questioned the integrity of Odeh's conviction.
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Linda Sarsour ascribed the critical reaction to her speech to her prominent role as an organizer for the 2017 Women's March.
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Linda Sarsour defended her comments, saying they had been taken out of context in order to discredit the pro-Palestinian cause.
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Linda Sarsour said that Palestinian Americans were being unfairly accused of antisemitism solely because of their ethnicity.
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In 2017, Linda Sarsour told The Washington Post that the tweet was "stupid" and that she did not remember writing it.
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Linda Sarsour noted that the question had been posed by a "white man" at an event celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and her words garnered criticism.
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The project generated some controversy after New York assemblyman Dov Hikind accused Linda Sarsour of withholding the funds.
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MPower Change, a group Linda Sarsour co-founded, has worked to raise money for the victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, which some progressive supporters of Linda Sarsour have pointed to along with the St Louis cemetery fundraising campaign in defending her against accusations of anti-Semitism.
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Linda Sarsour has said that, before she wore a hijab, she was "just some ordinary white girl from New York City", and that wearing a hijab made others "know that I was Muslim".
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Linda Sarsour argues that sharia does not impose on non-Muslims and that Muslims must follow civil laws.