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| '''Linda Sarsour''' (born 1980) is a [[Palestinian-American]] activist and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/linda-sarsour-is-a-brooklyn-homegirl-in-a-hijab.html|title=Linda Sarsour Is a Brooklyn Homegirl in a Hijab|date=August 9, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Feuer, Alan|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| | work = [[The Guardian]]| author=Sarsour, Linda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=May 9, 2015|first=Siddhartha|last=Mitter|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/9/linda-sarsours-rising-profile-reflects-new-generation-of-muslim-activists.html|title=Linda Sarsour: New Generation of Muslim Activists – Al Jazeera America|publisher=[[Al Jazeera America]]|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>
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| In 2016, Sarsour endorsed Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] for President of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/275750-sanders-campaign-drops-spike-lee-produced-ad|title=Sanders campaign releases Spike Lee-produced ad|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|author=Neidig, Harper|date=April 9, 2016|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>
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| Sarsour has appeared in ''"The Hijabi Monologues"'', a performance art piece based on stories about [[veil]]ing.<ref name="Amer2014">{{cite book|author=Sahar Amer|title=What is Veiling?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2T8kDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT228|date=9 September 2014|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-9684-0|page=228}}</ref>
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| Sansour was one of three national co-chairs recruited by Teresa Shook and Bob Bland for the [[2017 Women's March]] held the day after the [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration]] of [[Donald Trump]] as President of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/ |title=The Women's March on Washington United Progressives |date= January 20, 2017|newspaper=Time|last= Alter|first=Charlotte|publisher=Time Inc||accessdate=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
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| *[http://www.therelgionofpeace.com]
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