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| caption = Sumaya Awad in 2021
| nationality = [[Palestinian American]]
| employer = [[Adalah Justice Project]]
| organization = [[Democratic Socialists of America]]
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'''Sumaya Awad''' is a [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinian American]] writer and activist based in [[New York City]]. She directs strategy and communications for [[Adalah Justice Project]], and co-edited the book ''[[Palestine: A Socialist Introduction]]'', published in 2020.
== Activity ==
Awad is Director of Strategy and Communications for [[Adalah Justice Project]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mansoor |first=Sanya |date=2023-11-27 |title=State Lawmakers and Activists Start Hunger Strike for Ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://time.com/6340016/lawmakers-activists-ceasefire-gaza-hunger-strike/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=[[TIME Magazine|TIME]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222005315/https://time.com/6340016/lawmakers-activists-ceasefire-gaza-hunger-strike/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OUR TEAM |url=https://www.adalahjusticeproject.org/ajp-team |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Adalah Justice Project |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101010631/https://www.adalahjusticeproject.org/ajp-team |url-status=live }}</ref> and a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]].<ref name=":1" />
With Bill V. Mullen, Awad created the website [[Against Canary Mission]] in 2018, intended to counter the [[Canary Mission]] blacklist of Palestine solidarity activists.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Awad |first1=Sumaya |last2=Mullen |first2=Bill V. |date=2018-04-17 |title=Countering a Blacklist: Introducing 'Against Canary Mission' |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/countering-blacklist-introducing/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=[[Mondoweiss]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018230316/https://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/countering-blacklist-introducing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Awad co-edited the book ''[[Palestine: A Socialist Introduction]]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title='Palestine: A Socialist Introduction' co-editor discusses Israel-Hamas |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2023/10/13/-palestine--a-socialist-introduction--co-editor-discusses-israel-hamas-attacks |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=[[NY1]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000832/https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2023/10/13/-palestine--a-socialist-introduction--co-editor-discusses-israel-hamas-attacks |url-status=live }}</ref> with
On October 13, 2023, Awad appeared on [[NY1]] to discuss the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]].<ref name=":1" /> She was present at [[Jewish Voice for Peace]]'s October 27 protest at [[Grand Central Terminal]], where she told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that she was calling on the United States government to "follow the guidance and the wants of the majority of Americans".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Fahy |first1=Claire |last2=Roberts-Grmela |first2=Julian |last3=Piccoli |first3=Sean |date=2023-10-28 |title='Let Gaza Live': Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/grand-central-protest-nyc-israel-hamas-gaza.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107152445/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/grand-central-protest-nyc-israel-hamas-gaza.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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