We are not here to be bystanders : a memoir of love and resistance

Sarsour, Linda, 1980- author.

First 37Ink/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Book

New York : 37 INK/Simon & Schuster, 2020.

©2020

xii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

"Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour shares how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered, moved her to become a globally recognized and celebrated activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country"-- Provided by publisher.

Sarsour, Linda, 1980-

Palestinian American women -- Biography.

Muslim women -- United States -- Biography.

Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.

Feminists -- United States -- Biography.

Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.

Autobiographies.

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 writer of foreword.

Foreword: Purpose and grace / by Harry Belafonte -- Introduction: What is your jihad? -- Part one: Homegirl. The choice I made ; El Bireh to Brooklyn ; Broken windows ; Sitty Halima's wish ; Everything changed ; Our sons are not terrorists ; Basemah, beloved -- Part two: Intersectionality. Breath and memory ; Lessons in activism ; The pit stop ; A tale of two mosques ; Love letter ; Rakers and spies ; Your fight is my fight -- Part three: The sisterhood. Social justice Voltron ; Nine days in April ; Road warriors ; Silence will not protect you ; The women who marched ; Stand with the dreamers ; We are not here to be bystanders -- Epilogue: Love is not done.

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