You can't be a feminist in the United States and stand up for the rights of the American woman and then say that you don't want to stand up for the rights of Palestinian women in Palestine. It's all connected.
BDS has been used as a tactic to raise awareness for Palestinian people, including women and their children.
My Pandora station is Boyz II Men.
Sometimes, it seems like the whole world has already set my life out for me.
Women need to find the courage to demand what they rightfully deserve. Women should be paid for the same work as their male counterparts, ask for promotions, and stand in their power in their place of employment, whether they are in a boardroom or in the movement.
I have a very resilient Brooklyn personality that allows me to stay thick-skinned and focused on my mission and goals.
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.
Sharia is, for me, a personal basic set of guidelines that Muslims follow. It's about being respectful to elders. It's about praying five times a day. It's about etiquette that I have with members of my family. It's about inheritance, and it's about how we get married. Just the kind of basic things that anyone engages in in life.
Donald Trump has no idea what a deal is. I mean, he's a man who has filed for bankruptcy many times, so he doesn't understand how to make any deals.
This idea of me being anti-Semitic is the most ludicrous of them all.
I believe in a nonviolent movement of boycott, divestment, sanctions.
I believe in the liberation of the Palestinian people.
We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups. The fact that this is only directed at the Muslim community is something that I personally can't accept.
One of the areas that many of us, including the Women's March organizers, are focusing on is starting mass voter registration and voter engagement.
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.
Time and time again, organizers have proved that when we work together, when we organize together, that we can win.
I have been part of fights where we have been told, 'You will not win,' and we have won.
I was the head of fundraising for the Women's March, and I chose not to take money from corporations.
I am the most optimistic organizer in this country.
I was on the steering committee of the New York City Coalition on Muslim School Holidays.
