We are not here to be bystanders : a memoir of love and resistance / Linda Sarsour.

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As a young Muslim American woman unapologetic in her faith and her activism, Sarsour would discover her innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11. Her experiences as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants provide a moving portrayal of what it means to find one's voice and use it for the good of...

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Main Author: Sarsour, Linda, 1980- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : 37 INK, Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Edition:First 37Ink/Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
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.
Children of immigrants.
Civil rights workers.
Feminists.
Muslim women.
Women political activists.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xii, 253 ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: What is your jihad?
  • The choice I made
  • El Bireh to Brooklyn
  • Broken windows
  • Sitty Halima's wish
  • Everything changed
  • Our sons are not terrorists
  • Basemah, beloved
  • Breath and memory
  • Lessons in activism
  • The pit stop
  • A tale of two mosques
  • Love letter
  • Rakers and spies
  • Your fight is my fight
  • 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
  • Love is not done.