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How post-9/11 Islamophobia sparked a Muslim political awakening in NYC

New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh, Linda Sarsour, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, immigrant affairs commissioner Faiza Ali and Ali Najmi. Three top Mamdani advisers recount how Islamophobia and the post-9/11 mass arrests and surveillance of Muslims altered the trajectories of their careers.

How post-9/11 Islamophobia sparked a Muslim political awakening in NYC

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New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh, Linda Sarsour, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, immigrant affairs commissioner Faiza Ali and Ali Najmi.

Three top Mamdani advisers recount how Islamophobia and the post-9/11 mass arrests and surveillance of Muslims altered the trajectories of their careers.

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New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh, Linda Sarsour, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, immigrant affairs commissioner Faiza Ali and Ali Najmi. Three top Mamdani advisers recount how Islamophobia and the post-9/11 mass arrests and surveillance of Muslims altered the trajectories of their careers.

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