Racist questions are asked as Arab American rights leader ... - NPR
Sep 20, 2024 · NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.
Sen. John Kennedy accuses Arab-American leader of supporting …
Sep 17, 2024 · Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy baselessly accused a leading Arab-American civil rights advocate of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The Republican took aim at Maya Berry,...
Sen. John Kennedy used a Senate hearing on hate crimes to spew …
Sep 18, 2024 · Sen. John Kennedy accusing the Arab American Institute's Maya Berry of supporting terrorism and demanding she put a "your head in a bag" was shockingly racist.
Maya Berry - Arab American Institute
Mar 31, 2021 · Maya Berry is Executive Director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization founded to nurture and encourage direct participation in our political and civic life to mobilize a strong, educated, and empowered Arab American community.
Man, The Senate Judiciary Committee Is Broken | HuffPost Latest News
Sep 20, 2024 · WASHINGTON ― When Maya Berry was called in as an expert to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, she thought she’d be sharing new data on hate crimes against Arab Americans and Jewish Americans since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes ... - NBC News
Sep 18, 2024 · The activist, Maya Berry, said repeatedly that she did not support Hamas and was "disappointed" by the minuteslong exchange toward the end of a hearing called "A Threat to Justice Everywhere ...
Senator tells activist to hide her 'head in a ... - Associated Press News
Sep 18, 2024 · Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy grilled Arab American Institute founder Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary hearing to discuss hate crimes on Tuesday. Berry called his line of questioning “exceptionally disappointing.”
Arab American Leader Responds After - Democracy Now!
Sep 19, 2024 · We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile questioning from Republicans at Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing...
GOP senator Kennedy attacks Arab American advocate at hate …
Sep 18, 2024 · Sen. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana questioned Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, asking her whether she supported Hamas,...
AAI Testimony for "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the …
Sep 17, 2024 · Written Testimony of Maya M. Berry . Executive Director Arab American Institute “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America” Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 17, 2024