Aber Kawas is a Palestinian socialist organizer running for New York State Senate in District 12 in Queens.

June 22, 2026

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Aber Kawas: “We Are Trying to Stand Up for Humans”

Palestinian American organizer and socialist Aber Kawas, endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, speaks to Jacobin about her campaign for New York’s state senate, her family’s history with ICE deportations, and tying the pro-Palestine movement to US domestic politics.

December 15, 2025

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Aber Kawas’s Pro-Worker, Pro-Palestine Campaign

Aber Kawas is a Palestinian American community organizer and socialist running for New York assembly. We talked to her about her family history with ICE, the Palestine movement’s turn to electoral politics, and advancing an affordability agenda.