After high school, she took courses at Kingsborough Community College.
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Young Linda Sarsour
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2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
She took courses at Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College with the goal of becoming an English teacher.
Career
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2015
1221 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020, USA
James J. Yee, Linda Sarsour, Rula Jebreal, Dean Obeidallah and Karen Hunter attend the SiriusXM Special Event "Muslim In America" at SiriusXM Studios on October 26, 2015 in New York City.
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2015
1221 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020, USA
Linda Sarsour attends the SiriusXM Special Event "Muslim In America" at SiriusXM Studios on October 26, 2015 in New York City.
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2017
1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
The Women's March Organizers attend Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards at Kings Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.
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2017
1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
The Women's March Organizers onstage at Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards at Kings Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.
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2017
55 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA
(L-R) Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, Co-Chairs of The Women's March attend The 21st Annual Webby Awards with specialty cocktails provided by Johnnie Walker at Cipriani Wall Street on May 15, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
240 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036, USA
Linda Sarsour attends the WITNESS 25th Anniversary Gala at The Edison Ballroom on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA
Mildred Chan, Honoree Linda Sarsour and guest attend the 30th Anniversary Celebrating Women Breakfast at Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA
Honoree Linda Sarsour speaks onstage during the 30th Anniversary Celebrating Women Breakfast at Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
130 Bowery, New York, NY 10013, USA
Bob Bland, Tamika D Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, Cassidy Findley speak onstage at the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
130 Bowery, New York, NY 10013, USA
Linda Sarsour speaks onstage at the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
130 Bowery, New York, NY 10013, USA
(L-R) Women's March Co-Chairs and honorees Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D Mallory and Linda Sarsour attend the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
(L-R) Women's March National Co-Chairs Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, and Linda Sarsour attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
(L-R) Women's March National Co-Chairs Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, and Linda Sarsour attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.
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2017
60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Women's March National Co-Chairs Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour speak onstage during Vanity Fairs Founders Fair at the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge on April 20, 2017 in Brooklyn City.
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2017
New York City, United States
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a 'Women For Syria' gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017 in New York City. The group gathered to support and stand with the people of Syria and call for the United States to accept Syrian refugees.
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2017
New York City, United States
Activist Linda Sarsour looks on during a 'Women For Syria' gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017 in New York City. The group gathered to support and stand with the people of Syria and call for the United States to accept Syrian refugees.
(April 12, 2017 - Source: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
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2017
New York City, United States
Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour (L) and other organizers of the Day Without a Woman rally are escorted into the 7th precinct after being arrested while protesting outside of Trump Tower on March 8, 2017 in New York City. Thousands of women marked International Women's Day with a marches and rallies around the globe to support women's issues.
(March 7, 2017 - Source: Andy Kiss/Getty Images North America)
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2017
Washington, DC., United States
(L-R back row) Jamiah Adams, Ginny Suss, Carmen Perez, Gloria Steinem, Linda Sarsour, and (front row) Mia Ives-Rublee appear onstage during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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2017
Washington, DC., United States
Linda Sarsour speaks onstage during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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2018
141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
L-R) Linda Sarsour, Kendrick Sampson and Janai Nelson attend the NAACP LDF 32nd National Equal Justice Awards Dinner at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on November 1, 2018 in New York City.
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2018
315 Deshler St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Social Movement Award Honorees Carmen Perez, Tamika D. Mallory, Bob Bland, and Linda Sarsour on stage during the BET's Social Awards 2018 at Tyler Perry Studio on February 11, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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2018
Washington D.C., United States
Immigration activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now protest on February 7, 2018 in Washington D.C. A coalition of activists came from across the U.S. to demonstrate for a "Clean Dream Act" to be passed in Congress as part of spending negotiations.
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2018
7000 E Russell Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89122, USA
Women's March Co-Chairwoman Linda Sarsour raises her fist onstage during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
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2018
7000 E Russell Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89122, USA
Women's March co-founder Linda Sarsour gives a kiss to Chloe Foelgfer, daughter of Women's March co-founder Bob Bland, during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
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2018
7000 E Russell Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89122, USA
Women's March Co-Chairwoman Linda Sarsour chants during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
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2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Linda Sarsour attends the Los Angeles Supports a Dream Act Now! protest at the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
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Achievements
Glamour cover
Membership
Awards
Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
UUSC President & CEO Tom Andrews and Vice-President & CPO Rachel Freed, with Sarsour (center)
Changemaker Award
Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world
James J. Yee, Linda Sarsour, Rula Jebreal, Dean Obeidallah and Karen Hunter attend the SiriusXM Special Event "Muslim In America" at SiriusXM Studios on October 26, 2015 in New York City.
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Linda Sarsour attends the SiriusXM Special Event "Muslim In America" at SiriusXM Studios on October 26, 2015 in New York City.
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The Women's March Organizers attend Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards at Kings Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.
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The Women's March Organizers onstage at Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards at Kings Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.
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(L-R) Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, Co-Chairs of The Women's March attend The 21st Annual Webby Awards with specialty cocktails provided by Johnnie Walker at Cipriani Wall Street on May 15, 2017 in New York City.
(May 14, 2017 - Source: Craig Barritt/Getty Images North America)
Linda Sarsour attends the WITNESS 25th Anniversary Gala at The Edison Ballroom on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
(May 10, 2017 - Source: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images North America)
Mildred Chan, Honoree Linda Sarsour and guest attend the 30th Anniversary Celebrating Women Breakfast at Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
(May 10, 2017 - Source: Monica Schipper/Getty Images North America)
Honoree Linda Sarsour speaks onstage during the 30th Anniversary Celebrating Women Breakfast at Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2017 in New York City.
(May 10, 2017 - Source: Monica Schipper/Getty Images North America)
Bob Bland, Tamika D Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, Cassidy Findley speak onstage at the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
(May 2, 2017 - Source: Monica Schipper/Getty Images North America)
Linda Sarsour speaks onstage at the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
(May 2, 2017 - Source: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images North America)
(L-R) Women's March Co-Chairs and honorees Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D Mallory and Linda Sarsour attend the Ms. Foundation for Women 2017 Gloria Awards Gala & After Party at Capitale on May 3, 2017 in New York City.
(May 2, 2017 - Source: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images North America)
(L-R) Women's March National Co-Chairs Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, and Linda Sarsour attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.
(April 24, 2017 - Source: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images North America)
(L-R) Women's March National Co-Chairs Carmen Perez, Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, and Linda Sarsour attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.
(April 24, 2017 - Source: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images North America)
Women's March National Co-Chairs Bob Bland, Tamika D. Mallory, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour speak onstage during Vanity Fairs Founders Fair at the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge on April 20, 2017 in Brooklyn City.
(April 19, 2017 - Source: Andrew Toth/Getty Images North America)
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a 'Women For Syria' gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017 in New York City. The group gathered to support and stand with the people of Syria and call for the United States to accept Syrian refugees.
(April 12, 2017 - Source: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
Activist Linda Sarsour looks on during a 'Women For Syria' gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017 in New York City. The group gathered to support and stand with the people of Syria and call for the United States to accept Syrian refugees.
(April 12, 2017 - Source: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour (L) and other organizers of the Day Without a Woman rally are escorted into the 7th precinct after being arrested while protesting outside of Trump Tower on March 8, 2017 in New York City. Thousands of women marked International Women's Day with a marches and rallies around the globe to support women's issues.
(March 7, 2017 - Source: Andy Kiss/Getty Images North America)
(L-R back row) Jamiah Adams, Ginny Suss, Carmen Perez, Gloria Steinem, Linda Sarsour, and (front row) Mia Ives-Rublee appear onstage during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.
(Source: Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America)
Linda Sarsour speaks onstage during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.
(Source: Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America)
L-R) Linda Sarsour, Kendrick Sampson and Janai Nelson attend the NAACP LDF 32nd National Equal Justice Awards Dinner at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on November 1, 2018 in New York City.
(Source: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images North America)
Social Movement Award Honorees Carmen Perez, Tamika D. Mallory, Bob Bland, and Linda Sarsour on stage during the BET's Social Awards 2018 at Tyler Perry Studio on February 11, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Source: Marcus Ingram/Getty Images North America)
Immigration activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now protest on February 7, 2018 in Washington D.C. A coalition of activists came from across the U.S. to demonstrate for a "Clean Dream Act" to be passed in Congress as part of spending negotiations.
(Source: John Moore/Getty Images North America)
Women's March Co-Chairwoman Linda Sarsour raises her fist onstage during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
(Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
Women's March co-founder Linda Sarsour gives a kiss to Chloe Foelgfer, daughter of Women's March co-founder Bob Bland, during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
(Source: Sam Morris/Getty Images North America)
Women's March Co-Chairwoman Linda Sarsour chants during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demonstrators across the nation gathered over the weekend, one year after the historic Women's March on Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to raise awareness for women's issues.
(Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
Linda Sarsour attends the Los Angeles Supports a Dream Act Now! protest at the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
(Source: Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images North America)
Linda Sarsour is an American political activist and former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. She has prominently advocated on behalf of American Muslims and other civil rights issues such as police brutality, immigration policy, and mass incarceration.
Background
Born in 1980, in Brooklyn, New York, Sarsour is the oldest of seven children of Palestinian immigrants. Her parents came from a city about 9 miles north of Jerusalem called Al-Bireh in Palestine.
Linda's parents who were not entirely educated are said to come from Palestinian’s lower social strata. Her father worked in Crown Heights in his corner store named Linda Sarsour’s Spanish-American Food Center. Her mother was a stay-at-home mom and Linda assisted her in babysitting and shopping. It has also been implied that her parents’ marriage was consanguineous.
Education
Linda had her high school education at John Jay High School situated in Park Slope in NorthWest Brooklyn. Her passion for activism actually began during high school when she started noticing the disparity between the Muslim and non-Muslim communities in Sunset Park. Between her high school and college, she had her first son. It was also around this time, at the age of 20, that she began to wear the hijab as a choice. She claimed it helped in explaining her identity. Following her dream of becoming a teacher of the English Language, she attended classes at Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College.
Sarsour's early activism included defending the civil rights of American Muslims following the September 11 attacks of 2001. Shortly before 9/11, Basemah Atweh, a relative and founder of the Arab American Association of New York, asked Sarsour to volunteer for the organization. Atweh, who held a prominent political role uncommon for a Muslim woman, became Sarsour's mentor.
When 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. Atweh died of her injuries, and two other passengers suffered from broken bones. Sarsour, who was driving, was not seriously injured. She returned to work immediately, saying of Atweh, "This is where she wanted me to be". She was named to succeed Atweh as executive director of the association at age 25. Over the next several years she expanded the scope of the organization, building its budget from $50,000 to $700,000 annually.
Following the shooting of Michael Brown, Sarsour helped to organize the American Muslim community's response as well as the wider Black Lives Matter protests. Sarsour helped form "Muslims for Ferguson", and she traveled to Ferguson with other activists in 2014. She has continued to work extensively with BLM ever since. In August 2017 Sarsour spoke at the "United We Stand" rally in front of NFL headquarters in New York in support of Colin Kaepernick. Sarsour became a regular attendee at Black Lives Matter demonstrations as well as a frequent television commentator on feminism. According to The New York Times, Sarsour "has tackled issues like immigration policy, mass incarceration, stop-and-frisk and the New York City Police Department's spying operations on Muslims — all of which have largely inured her to hate-tinged criticism".
In 2016 Sarsour ran for a position as a County Committee member with the Democratic Party of Kings County, New York. She placed third.
Teresa Shook and Bob Bland, organizers of the 2017 Women's March, recruited Sarsour as co-chair of the event, to be held the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as president.
After a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri was vandalized in an apparent anti-Semitic incident in February 2017, Sarsour worked with other Muslim activists to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for repair and restoration work. The project generated some controversy when the funds, totaling over $162,000, were not distributed as quickly as some had expected. Among other recipients of funds from the effort was a Colorado Jewish cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sarsour was a co-chairwoman of the 2017 Day Without a Woman strike and protest, organized to mark International Women's Day. During a demonstration outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan, she was arrested along with other leaders of the January Women's March, including Bland, Tamika Mallory, and Carmen Perez. She 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 family separation policy for undocumented immigrants, and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Sarsour has garnered recognition as an advocate for American Muslims and as the 2017 Women’s March co-chair which took place one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States.
Through her work, Linda Sarsour has been honored by the White House as the “Champion of Change” honoree, YWCA USA’s Women of Distinction Award for Advocacy and Civic Engagement and the Hala Maksoud Leadership Award from the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. She walks the talk and received $500,000 from Mayor’s Fund to advance New York in April 2016.
She is in the ranking of the 500 most influential Muslims of 2016. On a compilation of list by a Jordan think tank, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies, she made it as one of the 2 women from the US listed on the ranking of the most influential Muslims in 2016.
Sarsour, along with her three co-chairs, was named as one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" after the January march.
Linda said about her faith: “I stand up for all oppressed and minority communities. This is what my faith teaches me to do.”
Politics
She identifies herself as a supporter of the progressive movement and the Democratic Party.
Sarsour protested police surveillance of American Muslims. As director of the Arab American Association of New York, she advocated for passage of the Community Safety Act in New York, which created an independent office to review police policy and expanded the definition of bias-based profiling in New York. She and the organization pressed for the law after instances of what they saw as biased policing in local neighborhoods, and it passed over the objections of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and then-Police Chief Raymond W. Kelly. Sarsour also worked to have Muslim holidays recognized in New York City's public schools, which started observing Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr in 2015.
Sarsour actively opposed the Trump Administration's ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries and was named lead plaintiff in a legal challenge brought by the Council on American–Islamic Relations. In Sarsour v. Trump, the plaintiffs argued that the travel ban existed only to keep Muslims out of the United States.
Views
Linda has identified as a feminist, she even linked feminism as a solution to ending Israeli’s problems during her interview with The Nation in March 2017.
Linda Sarsour is a supporter of the Sharia Law. The twist comes in with her also being a feminist. So while on one hand, she supports placing women compulsorily under men, she also fights for the liberation of women and equal rights on the second hand.
In 2014, she protested to Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving and acknowledges the country’s involvement in the violation of human rights. Yet, she is also said to have made several tweets asking those uninformed to know more about the Islamic Sharia laws.
She is also of the opinion that a woman should not go out if directed by her husband as the Sharia law enforces. This begs a question of confusion as feminism and sharia law seem like two sides of a coin.
Quotations:
“We can disagree & still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression & denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
“If I had one wish, it would be for every single human being to value the sanctity of all life.”
“Speak the truth even if your voice shakes.”
“My work is CRYSTAL CLEAR as an activist rooted in Kingian non-violence.”
“People conveniently forgot that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a non-violent leader & activist and called “most dangerous leader.”
“Right-wing tries to demonize my leadership. Editing videos is their favorite past time.”
“Judge me by my actual words and actions, not how racist, misinformed, ill-intended bigots interpret them.”
“I have no problem with folks vehemently disagreeing with me on anything but I do have a problem with threats & lies. That’s unacceptable.”
“I speak for myself, in my own words. The real reasons why the right wing are attacking me.”
“Islamophobes are attacking me because I’m their worst nightmare.”
“We cannot allow the voices of hate and divisiveness to be louder than the voices of solidarity and love.”
“We cannot be bystanders to injustice. If engaging in dissent was easy, everyone would be doing it.”
“I will not be silenced. I will not be intimidated. I will continue to speak truth to power.”
“They may hate me now but one day their great grandchildren will remember me as a freedom fighter. I know this because history told me so.”
“I’m Muslim, I’m Palestinian-American in ethnicity, I’m a woman in a hijab, I’m everything they(Islamophobia and racist people) stand against.”
“We must understand that unity, solidarity, building strong, resilient communities and vowing to stand up against hate and vilification of a whole faith based on the actions of a few is the way we will prevail against evil terrorists.”
“If you are in a movement and you are not following a woman of color, you are in the wrong movement.”
“Another stain on our humanity. The forgotten Rohingya Muslims.”
“We all need to love more. We need to intentionally put out more love. The world needs it. We need it.”
“Always stand for what you believe in because someone in a future generation is counting on you.”
“When we have stronger voting rights, we have more representation, we have more people in office who look like us, we have more progressive pieces of legislation.”
“We have never been outnumbered, we have only been out organized.”
“You’ll know when you’re living under Sharia Law if suddenly all your loans & credit cards become interest free. Sound nice, doesn’t it?”
“Sharia Law is misunderstood.”
“I will not be silenced. I will not be intimidated. I will continue to speak truth to power.”
“If you are still paying interest than Sharia Law hasn’t taken over.”
"Stay focused and pray for the protection of those on the front lines of the movements for justice. We are under threat."
Personality
At the age of 20, Linda began to wear the hijab as a choice. She claimed it helped in explaining her identity.
Physical Characteristics:
Eyes color - dark brown
Quotes from others about the person
The commentator Melissa Harris-Perry writes that Sarsour was "the most reliable target of public vitriol" of the 2017 Women's March leaders over the following year.
Interests
Linda is a social media queen and has huge followers on Instagram, Facebook and, Twitter.
Connections
At the age of 17, Linda entered an arranged marriage with Maher Judeh a.k.a Maher Abo Tamer. She is said to be happily married with three children. She had her first son, Tamir, at the age of 19 after leaving High School early. She also had two daughters, Sabreen and Sadija now aged 14 and 12 respectively, before the age of 25. Tamir is now 17 years of age.
Linda has managed to keep her family’s life away from the public eye, especially that of her husband. It is said that her husband alongside her family members gave her that ultimatum when she decided to take up activism fully.
Carmen Beatrice Perez is recognized as an expert in juvenile and criminal justice reform, system accountability, and an activist who has worked on issues of civil rights, including mass incarceration, women’s rights and gender equity, violence prevention, racial healing and community policing. She is the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice. She was one of four national co-chairs of the 2017 Women's March.
Mari Lynn Bland, better known as Bob Bland is an American fashion designer, and activist. In 2017, Bland created and co-chaired the 2017 Women's March.
Tamika Danielle Mallory is an activist and the national co-chair for the Women's March. She is an advocate of gun control, feminism, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
