Viewfinder: The Middle Eastern Women's Coalition Calls for Omar's Resignation

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2019
Original:: Mar 7, 2019

Nahren Anweya (left) and Rabia Kazan (right), of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition, call for the resignation of United States Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 6th, 2019. The same day, others held a press conference to support Omar in the midst of her controversial comments criticizing pro-Israel lawmakers for potential "allegiance" to a foreign country. — Nahren Anweya (left) and Rabia Kazan (right), of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition, call for the resignation of United States Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) *outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C*., *on March 6th, 2019. T*he same day, others held a press conference to support Omar in the midst of her controversial comments criticizing pro-Israel lawmakers for potential "allegiance" to a foreign country.
(Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

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