Rep. Ilhan Omar's activist daughter unemployed, selling used clothes 15 months after arrest at Columbia anti-Israel protest
'Unemployment got me,' Isra Hirsi captioned an Instagram Story selfie.
The 22-year-old jobless activist is apparently getting by peddling some of her old clothes to her more than 82,000 followers on the social media platform.
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'I am now selling on [Depop]!! Check out if u wish,' Hirsi wrote, including a link to her page on the clothing resale app.
3 Hirsi revealed she's still unemployed following her graduation from Barnard in May.
Multiple skirts, a pair of Dr. Martens boots and Hirsi's 'beloved multicolored striped cardigan' are among the items the keffiyeh-wearing college grad is looking to unload on the marketplace.
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Hirsi was one of more than 100 anti-Israel protesters who were hauled away in cuffs by the NYPD last April after erecting a tent city on Columbia University's Morningside Campus.
The self-described 'hyper-woke' member of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) group was suspended from Barnard College after her arrest, but the institution's president offered to lift the punishment less than a week later — after Hirsi claimed she was homeless and couldn't get food after being kicked out of the $90,000-per-year school.
Hirsi graduated from Barnard in May.
'There is no greater joy as a parent than seeing your child succeed, and today I am overwhelmed with joy and gratitude to see my eldest daughter Isra Hirsi graduate college,' Omar wrote on Facebook at the time, sharing pics from commencement.
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'It's been an incredible four years of tremendous growth and challenges as she navigated college life through a pandemic, move to NYC and a righteous fight against Columbia University's support of genocide,' the Minneosta Democrat added.
'I am so proud of you, Isra and I can't wait to see you flourish in the real world.'
3 Omar praised her daughter's 'righteous fight against Columbia University's support of genocide' in a Facebook post celebrating her graduation from Barnard earlier this year.
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3 Hirsi's suspension from Barnard was quickly overturned, and she was allowed to graduate in May.
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Several top law firms and American CEOs have vowed not to hire graduates who engaged in discrimination or harassment of Jewish students during anti-Israel college protests that swept the nation in late 2023 and 2024.
It's unclear if Hirsi's unemployment is related to her anti-Israel activities at Columbia University or Barnard.
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