Sumaya Awad

Sumaya Awad is a Palestinian writer and analyst based in New York City.  Her writings focus on Palestinian liberation, anti-imperialism, Islamophobia, and immigration. Sumaya is the co-author of “Palestine and Elections “ in the collection Strategy and Electoral Politics, released by Verso Books, Jacobin Magazine, and Haymarket Books in 2019. She has spoken widely at universities and grassroots organizations across the country, and is a cofounder of the Against Canary Mission Project, which defends student activists targeted by blacklists for their Palestinian rights advocacy. Her edited volume Palestine: A Socialist Introduction was released in December 2020.