Dr. Debbie Almontaser
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CEO of Bridging Cultures Group, when they build walls, we build bridges. Author of #LeadingWhileMuslim . RT 🚫 endorsements.
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In tears at the amazing turn out for
#BodegaStrike
by Yemenis and it's only 3pm.
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America has no idea what’s happening at its borders. These pics made me shudder in my own skin. Now I can understand why
@AOC
referred to them as concentration camps.
This is not who we are as a nation! America is better than that, greater than that!
#ClosetheCamps
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This picture of
@IlhanMN
gave me goosebumps! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d ever see a black, refugee Muslim woman presiding over the House Floor!
#leadingwhilemuslim
#LeadershipMatters
Such an honor to preside over the House Floor tonight. Every day I am humbled to serve the people of my community. 🙏🏽
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Yemeni Americans held a 1,000 bodega strike against the
#MuslimBan
, tonight we just declared a boycott of the racist NY Post! Starting tomorrow morning Yemeni American merchants will be rejecting the sale of the NY Post! NY Post take your papers back!
#BoycottNYPost
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Which side are you on? I endorse
@BernieSanders
!
This campaign is about asking one fundamental question: Which side are you on?
Are you on the side of the drug companies, the health insurance industry and the fossil fuel industry?
Or are you on the side of the working families of this country?
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Only in the United States Of America! Political dissent in midtown Atlanta, on the Crowne plaza hotel! Someone has been projecting this on the building. Apparently, the police can't stop it as they are not breaking the law. Via
@Politicolnews
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BREAKING NEWS!!! 2 yr old
#AbdullahHassan
mom arrived to San Francisco International airport!! I am in absolute tears seeing she has made to bid her son Abdullah farewell! Shaima was greeted in the airport by the Yemeni American community and allies!
#NoMuslimBanEver
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The stay tuned announcement dropped today! It’s an honor for me as the 1st Yemeni American woman to have been invited to offer an inaugural prayer! This is an affirmation of the Yemeni community and its suffering under the
#MuslimBan
.
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS!!!
The House just voted in the
#NoBanAct
to end Trump’s Muslim Ban! 🙌🙌👏👏
Today congress sent Donald Trump a strong message that the
#MuslimBan
has no place in our history. Thank you to all who championed this win!
#StandWithMuslims
#RepealTheBan
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If you’re wondering who was behind the
#ClimateStrike
, guess who? Isra Hirsi Is 16, Unbothered, and Saving the Planet! So proud of my black Muslim feminist shero
@israhirsi
! MUST READ!
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On Sept. 13,2001 we held a vigil in Brooklyn Heights to pray for all who were lost on 9/11 and their families as well as first responders. Among the first responders was my 18 year old son Yousif pictured below. Praying for him and all who served our country.
#20YearsSince
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These camps are filthy with trash everywhere and ridden with unsanitary conditions that can lead to deadly diseases. We need welcoming centers that will treat ppl with respect and dignity.
#CloseTheCamps
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We were once the nation of hope, shelter and prosperity. Today we have abandoned our values and what lady liberty stands for! My heart breaks into a million pieces when I think about these children and their families. We must reclaim hope and opportunity!
#CloseTheCamps
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Never forget this event with
@AOC
in Brooklyn Borough after her primary in 2018! Time flies when your having fun!! Thank you for your service Congress woman!
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It’s been 8 years since Dean, Yusor and Razan were murdered in an anti Muslim hate crime.
We mourned this day 8 years ago and we will always remember the heartbreak our community felt that day and continue to remember.
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When we announced a boycott, we meant it! Check out
@YAMAMerchants
who are putting their words to action!
@nypost
Take your papers back!
#BoycottNYPost
#YAMAadvocate
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The “Make America Great Again” motto has birthed leadership no one ever imagined! Congrats to Movita Johnson-Harrell on a historic win as the 1st Muslim American woman to serve in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives!
#BlackGirlMagic
#LeadingWhileMuslim
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Last October, Muslims raised over $200,000 for the Tree of Life shooting victims in Pittsburgh. Today, Jewish leaders return the gesture with $1m to Christchurch mosque. Moments of
#interfaith
solidarity like this must be amplified to give ppl hope.
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Wow, historic! The 'Day Without A Woman' is causing this entire school district to shut down next week via
@fusion
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History was made tonight against
#MuslimBan
! Remember this name/face! Thank you, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly.
#ACLU
#MuslimBan
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Love this picture that popped up in my phone feed of my beautiful sister
@IlhanMN
at
@YAMAMerchants
first annual gala on February 2, 2019. She served as keynote speaker. The banquet hall was standing room when people learned she was attending.
#bodegastrike
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A Christian named Khalil Cavil was left a bill with no tip at the Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa, TX that said, "we don't tip terrorist" because the costumer thought he was a Muslim. The impact of
#Islamophobia
on black and brown people.
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Next generation of Yemeni activists! Proud to see them at
#bodegaprotest
supporting
#BodegaStrike
! Thank U Evan Carter! Role models tagged!
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My ppl get deplaned for sporting a beard, donning a scarf, or speaking Arabic to one another quietly! And this white man is left on plane!
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4 yrs ago today, on Feb 10, 2015, Deah, Yusor, and Razan, known as Our Three Winners, were violently murdered in their Chapel Hill home by a neighbor who professed to dislike the way they looked. In their memory, donate to eliminate hate and implicit bias.
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This is the true face of Islam! Christian church destroyed by
#Isis
rebuilt by Muslim residents
@MetroUK
#interfaith
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Today the largest union (1.3million members) in the US, made history by passing Opposition to anti-Muslim Bigotry, Discrimination and Violence Resolution! Thank you
@AFTunion
for carrying about our teachers, students and families!
#solidarity
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It was an honor for me as the 1st Yemeni American woman to have been invited to offer a prayer at the Presidential Inaugural National Prayer Service! This is an affirmation of the Yemeni community and other banned countries who suffered under the
#MuslimBan
.
#Inauguration2021
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Today has been an emotional day and honestly the last 2 weeks. Tonight, I attended
@MCNNY
vigil and sobbed through it and ended the evening w/ finding this exchange btwn
@WalshFreedom
and
@IlhanMN
. Thank you Rep. Walsh for taking responsibility to start the healing process.
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Rocken
#YemeniDayParade
with
@AOC
who has been a huge supporter of the
@YAMAMerchants
and it merchants and their families.
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A Jewish teen gives her babysitting money to an Imam to help Gazan families. So much we can learn from youth! ‘Oklahoma imam left 'emotional' over Jewish teen's act of kindness’ via
@nbcnews
#Interfaith
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Four Muslim men in
#Albuquerque
, New Mexico were gunned down in what is being called "targeted killing."
Say Their Name....
#AftabHussein
#MuhammadAfzaalHussain
#MohammadAhmadi
#NaeemHussain
#Islamophobia
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You are a 100% spot on! Killing oneself and others sends the suicide bomber straight to hell and face torture until the day of judgement.
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No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here! No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here! No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!
#nomuslimbanever
#approveyemenivisas
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This was incredibly moving to watch! The Sikh community has suffered greatly from
#Islamophobia
. Sending love and respect to all my Sikh brothers and sisters for their allyship and solidarity no matter the cost.
@simran
@valariekaur
and many more!
#InThisTogether
#20YearsSince
The first hate crime casualty after 9/11 was a Sikh named Balbir Singh Sodhi, murdered by a man who thought Balbir was Muslim
On The Daily Show, Hasan Minhaj asked, “Why don't you just go “Hey—I'm not Muslim.”
This was my response. I hope you’ll join us.
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Everytime I watch this clip my eyes swell with tears and I’ve watch 7 times since it appeared! “America has looted us!” Listen to
@TamikaDMallory
raise us all up!
#BlackLiveMatter
#JusticeForGeorgeFlyod
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Correction 4:30 to accommodate our Jewish sisters and brothers.
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So proud of you
@AbrarOmeish
.
The first Muslim female representative and the youngest elected official in Virginia!
#ElectionResults2019
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Wow, the upset that
@CabanForQueens
generated in this race with her win, has drawn national attention! Proud to be in a city of female history makers! First
@aoc
and now DA Caban!!
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#Trump
inspired a
#BodegaStrike
owner to name a sandwich after him. White bread full of balony, Russian dressing and a small pickle.
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Amazing news,
@POTUS
to award Khizr Khan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nation's highest civilian honor, at the White House ceremony on July 7, 2022! Khizr Khan is the Gold Star father and founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Center.
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Dear
@FLOTUS
if you really care about children, you should have used your anti-bullying platform to strop
@realDonaldTrump
from mocking Greta Thunberg not just your son! ‘Trump mocks teenage climate activist - CNNPolitics
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Breaking all barriers to achieve the American dream! So proud of
@Kinglimaa
! Halima Aden is the final rookie of SI Swimsuit 2019 - Sports Illustrated
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This is what some of our nation has become in 2017: Ignorant, intolerant, xenophobic, racist, fascist, misogynist, sexist etc.
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Brooklyn Borough Hall was rocking with shero warriors that will rock the capital of the United States of America come January 1, 2019! Give it up for the fabulous and beautiful
@IlhanMN
and
@Ocasio2018
!
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It’s OFFICIAL🚨🚨President Biden repealed the
#MuslimBan
and
#AfricanBan
as promised on his first day in office!
Today has been emotional from the historic inauguration to the culmination of the day with this promise.
The picture of this yemeni boy says it all for me!
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Wow! Is this the United States of America?! Casualties of
#MuslimBan
! 'ICE kept 92
#Somali
immigrants shackled on a plane for two days in "slave ship" conditions, advocates and detainees say'
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Lol Bernie Sanders threw his meme on a sweatshirt, charged $45 for it and sold out immediately in all sizes!!! Here’s the kicker, Bernie donated 100% of the proceeds to Meals on Wheels in Vermont!!! Amazing!!!!
#charitywork
#givingback
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Dear friends and followers, last week I mentioned announcing a new development! Please welcome my book on Muslim Principals in Public
#Education
! Book Launch 1/24/19
@brooklynhistory
! See you there! !
#Leadership
#Islamophobia
#discrimination
#exclusion
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A struggle Sikhs & Muslims fought long and hard for! 👏👏The NYPD will now allow Sikh officers to wear full turbans:
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Will Mr. Bloomberg make his way to a mosque and apologize for the Muslim surveillance program that he and Ray Kelly engineered to target American Muslims?
Michael Bloomberg apologizes for 'stop-and-frisk': "I was wrong, and I'm sorry."
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It’s official
@AOC
has been endorsed! Let go NY-14!!
Congresswoman
@AOC
has been a champion for human rights, an advocate for racial justice, a force in combating climate change, and continues to fight alongside us to repeal the Muslim Ban.
We are proud to endorse you for Congress (NY-14)!
Vote by June 23. ✅🗳
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Are you ready to march? I am ready to march and represent as one this year’s speakers!
#WomensMarchNYC
2018 line up starts at 11:00 a.m. at 72nd St. & Central Park West.
To register: …
#SeeYouThere
!
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New Mexico convenience store posts sign in window saying: “Obama & other Muslims Not Welcome Here” What does a Muslim parent tell their child when they walk up to this store? Outrageous! via
@NBCNews
#Islamophobia
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If you think the
#BoycottNYPost
is over, your wrong!! We have only grown stronger!! Check out this article highlighting our youth organizers! ‘Following Ilhan Omar Coverage, Yemeni Bodega Owners Are Boycotting the 'New York Post' | teenvogue’
#bodegastrike
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The
#MuslimBan
, a silent killer in directly impacted communities. On Fri, Mahmood Salem, a Yemeni in Crowley, Louisiana took his life thinking he’d never see his family. From shame, US gov issues visas to family to come bury him.This is F-up! Unacceptable!
#FamiliesBelongTogether
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Sending strength to
@shaunking
family.
Sending strength to Shaun King’s family.
Sending strength to Shaun King’s family.
Sending strength to Shaun King’s family.
Sending strength to Shaun King’s family.
Sending strength to Shaun King’s family.
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Dr. Moustafa was waiting at the airport to pick up his wife, Nabila, but she was deported upon landing.
Trump has ripped apart millions of American families through the
#MuslimBan
.
2 years after
#SCOTUS
upheld this cruelty, Congress still hasn’t passed the
#NOBANAct
.
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If you’re a person of conscience and care deeply about our humanity, then join me and thousands in
#TimesSquare
at 2:30 to say we are going to take any more sh*t from this administration! We are going to stand for our brothers/sisters!
#MLKDay2018
#haiti
#ElSalvador
#africa
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Union Square packed in
#Nabra
's memory. I can't stop crying by love from ppl of all backgrounds and faiths.
#JusticeForNabra
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Join
@YAMAMerchants
, partners and allies to release their demands at a press conference Sunday 4/14 at 12pm in front of New Corp 1211 Ave of the Americas!
@nypost
take your racist papers back!
#BoycottNYPost
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Tonight friends and family were blowing up my phone with text messages that they saw me on The
@VanJones68
Show on
@CNN
! Yes, I was there to support my brilliant sisters
@IlhanMN
,
@Ocasio2018
and
@AmericaFerrera
! The sheros of our time!
#BlueWave
#WomenRiseUp
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Shaima finally at
#mohamedhassan
’s side where a mother should be for her dying child. Please please please pray for her and her husband!
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Happy
#MuslimWomensDay
to all my beautiful sisters out there! Today is your day even if I think everyday is your day!
@muslimgirl
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The NY Post’s editorial board failed to respond to
@YAMAMerchants
meeting request to discuss the demands of the 5,000 Yemeni-American bodegas across NYC.
Our response!
#BoycottNYPost
INDEFINITE! See you Tuesday, 1pm at News Corp for presser on next phase of the boycott!
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As we approach SCOTUS anniversary of
#MuslimBan
,
@YAMAMerchants
will mark it w/ the 1st NYC Yemeni American Parade! We will march, will sing, and we will dance to show our resiliency and love for our culture & heritage here & abroad! June 8 11am - BRONX w/
@AOC
& other electeds!
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After 2 weeks of agony about to how to help NYC primary frontline workers doctors, nurses & EMS as well as secondary frontline workers bodegas/delis,
@YAMAMerchants
just launched
#NYCMaskMission
campaign for masks and safety kits. PLZ donate & RT NOW!
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Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine a Palestinian American would be introducing a Jewish presidential candidate! We have come a long way with
@BernieSanders
leading by example coexistence can exist!
#bernie2020
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There is still good in the world! The Eiffel Tower turned off its lights to honor the 305 victims killed in the terror attack at Egyptian Mosque in
#Sinai
! Love and shall prevail over hate!
#interfaith
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Please join me to congratulate the man who the was first Muslim NYC councilman and tonight is on his way to be the first Muslim senator in New York State, the one and only
@RJackson_NYC
!
#BlueWave2018
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In just 16 hours, the 1st NYC
#YemeniDayParade
will be kicking off in the Bronx!! Honored to be CoMCee! Yemeni sisters since yesterday have been sending me pictures of Yemeni traditional dresses to wear! I can’t decide which one!!! Help!! Which would you choose?
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We are an hour into the
#MuslimBan
hearing and thank all the democrat congressional leaders for taking this
#muslimbanhearing
serious. Interesting to see how the republican congressional side is empty.
#NoBanAct
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.
@vanjones68
Preach Brother, preach!!
#BidonHarris2020
There's something about
@JoeBiden
+
@KamalaHarris
that just... WORKS. All the people who took a stand for this outcome – ESPECIALLY African-Americans – were right. And they will be proven right in November.
#BidenHarris2020
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Some beautiful pictures of folks in New Kirk Plaza who stopped took a scarf and or kufi in solidarity of Muslims against
#PunishAMuslimDay
. Today these great people day
#WeAreAllMuslim
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Looking for a place to stand in solidarity with Jewish brothers and Sisters, Union Square is the place to be in NYC tonight at 7pm! Join me to show our love and gratitude to our Jewish friends and ally’s!
#PittsburghSynagogueShooting
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NYC showed up and stood up in NYC style for our Jewish Sisters and Brothers tonight. Jewish and Muslim prayers reverberated across Union Square. We will not let fear and hate divide us. Tonight we recommit we have each other’s backs.
#Solidarity
#PittsburghShooting
#NYCStrong
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.
@RepGregoryMeeks
Plz sign HR 3548 To authorize issuance of visas, admission of certain aliens, & their derivatives, who were selected to apply for diversity visas but unable to be issued such visas or be admitted due to the
#MuslimBan
!
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At the
#MOVE19
with amazing Arab American women.
@RashidaTlaib
drops some gems, one powerful one is advice to Arab and Muslim American communities, “have faith in us and in what we are seeking to do.”
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Today, we celebrate the birth of a remarkable leader, Malcolm X, whose tireless pursuit of justice and equality continues to inspire us all.
Through his powerful words and unwavering commitment to truth, he challenged the status quo, championed civil rights, and sparked vital…
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To my Yemeni Family, Happy Yemeni American Heritage Day!
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In the face of heartbreaking realities, the courage to speak up is paramount. As a Canadian MP, holding her child, poignantly asks, "How many more babies have to die?" during a debate on Gaza, we're reminded of the universal pain of loss and the urgent need for peace.
Let's…
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.
@RepJeffries
Plz sign H.R.3548 - To authorize issuance of visas and admission of certain aliens, and their derivatives, who were selected to apply for diversity immigrant visas but unable to be issued such visas or be admitted due to the
#MuslimBan
!
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Thank you
@womensmarch
for taking a stand once again that we will NOT BE SILENT!! Women's March 2020 draws thousands of protesters across the US
#WomensMarch2020
#WomensMarch
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Thank you
@CNN
@WNYC
@NYDailyNews
@NYtimes
for covering
@YAMAMerchants
presser on 30 Day
#BoycottNYPost
for their racist and violence inciting journalism! Hey hey, ho ho, the NY Post has got to go! Read this thread for presser messaging and DEMANDS of the NYPost!
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The Kashmiris couldn't even call for help during the recent earthquake which badly shook their cities.
We need to address these blackouts and military occupation in Kashmir and find a solution.
Its a risk on their wellbeing every single minute.
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Everywhere I went today, I was reminded of our beloved sister/daughter
#nabra
, a US martyr in
#Ramadan2017
.
#SayHerName
#SayHerName
😥🙏🏻
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Wishing all my Christian sisters and brothers a wonderful holiday season! Muslim
#Christmas
Song
@RevJacquiLewis
@RevDrBarber
@TheRevAl
@PeterHeltzel
@MicahInstitute
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@MuslimIQ
reports alarming news about 300 priests that raped 1000 girls and boys in America.
He asks: Why isn’t this on the front page of every US newspaper?
Answer: Privilege
How would news outlets react if the priests were Muslim imams? Scream:
#MuslimExtremist
When a Muslim commits a terrible act, their entire religion is condemned — but the same can’t be said about sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church
@MuslimIQ
is challenging this religious double standard
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Location confirmed Foley Square for
#NYCStrong
vigil tonight at 6pm. Join us faith affiliated or no faith, all ppl welcome! We ❤️ NYC always
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Allahu Akbar! The judge ruled in favor of the
#MohamedBah
and his family. We won’t get him back, but we have justice against the lawless
#NYPD
. I️ am in 😭 w/ joy. Hawa Bah can Now rest after the 5 long years.
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@Grace4NY
Thank you much Congresswoman Meng! This means so much to Yemeni Americans and Yemenis abroad who received the diversity visa and then betrayed by our government under Trump. This has been an issue
@YAMAMerchants
has worked on tirelessly with other groups and you brought it home!
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Traumatized
#BronxFire
victims need your help!
This page is dedicated to raising funds to help the victims find housing, cover burial costs and immediate needs.
Please spread this message as much as you can, and support the critical cause.
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On this day, 4 years ago, the Yemeni American community shut down 1,000 bodegas in NYC and held a rally that made international headlines in resistance of Donald Trump’s
#MuslimBan
giving birth to
@YAMAMerchants
! Happy Birthday YAMA! Props to Yemeni Americans!
#bodegastrike
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