“I get to say I was alive when the first Palestinian woman went to Congress. I was alive when the first Somali woman, in a hijab, who's black and Muslim - she's literally an immigrant, a refugee, black and Muslim and a woman and progressive.”

American political activist

Linda Sarsour is an American political activist known for her leadership in the Women’s March movement. She was born in 1980 and has been a visible voice in activism around civic rights and public protest. She served as co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March, the 2017 Day Without a Woman, and the 2019 Women’s March. She also served as executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. In 2017, she and her fellow Women’s March co-chairs were featured in Time 100.