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

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  • 921 S248 (CEN)

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Edition

First 37 Ink/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information

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

Physical Description

xii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women's March, shares how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country. On a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn, nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour stared at her reflection, dressed in a hijab for the first time. She saw in the mirror the woman she was growing to be--a young Muslim American woman unapologetic in her faith and her activism, who would discover her innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11. Now heralded for her award-winning leadership of the Women's March on Washington, in We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders Linda Sarsour offers a poignant story of community and family. From the Brooklyn bodega her father owned, where Linda learned the real meaning of intersectionality, to protests in the streets of Washington, DC, Linda's experience as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants is a moving portrayal of what it means to find one's voice and use it for the good of others. We follow Linda as she learns the tenets of successful community organizing, and through decades of fighting for racial, economic, gender, and social justice as she becomes one of the most recognized activists in the nation. We also see her honoring her grandmother's dying wish, protecting her children, building resilient friendships, and mentoring others even as she loses her first mentor in a tragic accident. Throughout, she inspires readers to take action as she reaffirms that we are not here to be bystanders.

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.

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