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Author:

Sarsour, Linda, 1980- author.

Title:

We are not here to be bystanders : a memoir of love and resistance / Linda Sarsour ; foreword by Harry Belafonte.

Edition:

First 37Ink/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

37 INKSimon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Sarsour, Linda,--1980-
Palestinian Americans--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.

Other Authors:

Belafonte, Harry, 1927- writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253).

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

198210516X
9781982105167

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1105955822

LCCN:

2019030321

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