Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, and I intend to continue to push my country to respect the rights of all its citizens. I will not be silenced.
There are plenty of Muslim women who are backbones of the community, but they aren't usually at the forefront. There just aren't a lot of me out there - women in hijabs, doing what I do.
I was the head of fundraising for the Women's March, and I chose not to take money from corporations.
One of the things that makes me horrified about a Trump administration is the continued use of code words like 'law and order.'
What's wrong is wrong, and that's absolutely acceptable, and I understand that people get hurt by things that people say that are hurtful, and we should be able to say that when someone says something that hurts us, that it hurts us.
I'm impacted by my women's reproductive rights.
I didn't wake up one morning and become some important person.
There's a conflation between the critique of the state of Israel and their policies with anti-Semitism, which I think is really flawed and inaccurate.
People have been skeptical of the Women's March on Washington. Our legitimacy only came from us proving to the rest of the world that we're capable.
You have to understand when you're organizing with women of color, you can't use words like 'marginalized' and 'second-class citizen' loosely.
I will not walk away from the people and communities whom I love deeply. I will continue to raise my voice for justice and equality for all, organize communities who want to defend the rights of black people, stand against policies that target and marginalize Muslims, and advocate for health care for all people.
I wholeheartedly believe that we can't organize just as women. There has to be specific messaging and an issue prioritization based on identity groups. Because when you ask a black woman what her top priority issues are versus a white woman versus a Muslim woman versus an undocumented woman, you're going to get... different answers.
My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
We are rooted in Kingian nonviolence.
If you're on the side of the oppressor, or you're defending the oppressor, or you're actually trying to humanize the oppressor, then that's a problem.
As an activist, organizer, Palestinian, and a Muslim-American woman, I have faced many obstacles in the industry I work in. I often have to fight for my seat and representation for the communities I represent.
I am the most optimistic organizer in this country.
My family is originally from Palestine, who came here to the United States, you know, from an occupied land to find a better life and find security and safety.
The Palestinian people were governing themselves before the creation of the State of Israel.
BDS has been used as a tactic to raise awareness for Palestinian people, including women and their children.
