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New York Post
09-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Rep. Ilhan Omar's activist daughter unemployed, selling used clothes 15 months after arrest at Columbia anti-Israel protest
Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) daughter revealed Tuesday that she's unemployed after graduating from Barnard College — the elite school that suspended her last year after her arrest at a Columbia University 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. Advertisement '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. Instagram 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. Advertisement 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. Advertisement '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. Shutterstock 3 Hirsi's suspension from Barnard was quickly overturned, and she was allowed to graduate in May. William C Lopez/New York Post Advertisement 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.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Unpacking claims Ilhan Omar's daughter called for 'death to the colonial empire' on Instagram
In June 2025, rumors abounded that Isra Hirsi, daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, had posted "death to the colonial empire" from Los Angeles to Rafah in Gaza on an Instagram story. Instagram stories are posts that disappear after 24 hours unless the accounts that post them highlight them on their profile page. For example, X user End Wokeness shared a screen capture of the supposed Instagram story alongside a photograph of Hirsi with her mother Omar (archived): As of this writing, the End Wokeness post had gained 10,000 and 660,000 views. The screen capture appeared on other X posts, including one by far-right political activist Laura Loomer (archived), who said Hirsi, who is Black, wanted "violence in the LA riots and calling for the end of Western Civilization." Another accused Hirsi of hating her own country, the U.S., and of wanting "a race war" (archived). Further, Snopes users searched the website seeking to confirm the veracity of these claims. In addition, conservative news outlet The Daily Caller published a report making these same allegations. However, due to the nature of Instagram stories and the fact that more than 24 hours had passed since Hirsi supposedly posted it, Snopes could not confirm she had indeed done so. We contacted her via Instagram direct messages to ask whether she had and we will update the story should she respond. However, we were able to confirm that the Instagram story Hirsi allegedly reposted did exist. It was created by Instagram user @__public_library, whose bio gave a first name — Amanda — self-describing as a writer, care worker, mother and a "revert" — which is how some converts to Islam describe themselves. The term "reversion" is sometimes preferred to the term "conversion," based on the belief that babies who are born with a Muslim nature and raised in other religions and cultures will return to their innate Muslim nature. Indeed, one of her stories on June 11, 2025, indicated @__public_library had "reverted" in September 2024: (Instagram user @__public_library) Many of her posts related to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. Indeed, on June 8, 2025, @__public_library posted a series of images with text and a song by Natalia Lafourcade titled "Hasta la Raíz" (archived). One of the images was the same that appeared in Hirsi's alleged Instagram story, showing children playing jump rope on a dirt road with the text: "From LA to Rafah, there is one common oppressor. Death to the colonial empire. Life for our children." The post appeared to draw a parallel between the Israel-Hamas war and the confrontations between protesters in Los Angeles and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the weekend of June 9, 2025. Below the post, the user had written the following (emphasis ours): I am the Granddaughter of Mexican migrants.I am the daughter of an occupied land.I am the mother of resistance.I am both witness and the keeper of generational is a never-ending empires must end in occupied "America" to occupied Palestine We found no indication that Hirsi followed @__public_library, though it is not necessary to follow a public Instagram account to reshare one of their posts. Hirsi, who is Black and a Muslim, has also frequently posted in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, including on posts that aimed to share personal news. For example, she used the tag #FreePalestine in the post where she announced her graduation from Barnard College at Columbia University. The post also included a photo of her holding up a Palestinian flag on stage during the graduation ceremony (archived):In April 2025, Hirsi said she had been suspended from Barnard College after taking part in a pro-Palestine protest on campus (archived): As of this writing, there isn't enough evidence to determine whether Hirsi did or did not reshare @__public_library's Instagram story. We will update this article if and when Hirsi responds to our request for comment. Ibrahim, Nur. "What We Know about Trump Deploying National Guard for LA Protests." Snopes, 10 June 2025, Accessed 11 June 2025. Isra Hirsi — THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF YOUTH VOICES. "THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of YOUTH VOICES." THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of YOUTH VOICES, 2014, Accessed 11 June 2025. MacPhail, Kyle Abdur-Raqeeb. "Islam21c." Islam21c, 19 Nov. 2015, Accessed 11 June 2025. Nace, Aki. "Ilhan Omar's Daughter Says She Was Suspended from College after Pro-Palestinian Protest at Columbia - CBS Minnesota." 18 Apr. 2024, Accessed 11 June 2025. Sandoval, Natalie. "Ilhan Omar's 'Hyper Woke' Daughter Has Message for America." Dailycaller, The Daily Caller, 10 June 2025, Accessed 11 June 2025. 2025, Accessed 11 June 2025.
BBC News
21-03-2025
- BBC News
Somalian drug mule caught with £18,000 haul at Newcastle airport
A jobless drug mule was caught at an airport trying to smuggle £18,000 worth of illegal substances in his national Ahmed Hirsi, 46, garnered the attention of customs officers at Newcastle International Airport when he arrived on a flight from Dubai with a large amount of luggage, Newcastle Crown Court found 61 kg of khat, an African plant which is a Class C drug in the UK with a street value of up to £18, who has lived in the UK for 21 years, was jailed for eight months suspended for a year after admitting importing illicit drugs. Hirsi landed in Newcastle on 11 October 2023 having started his journey in Johannesburg, the court told border officials he had been holidaying in South Africa but they were suspicious of the large number of bags he discovered khat, which an expert said was a flowering plant native to Africa which, when consumed, can cause "excitement, loss of appetite and mild euphoria". 'You were recruited' The court heard Hirsi, of Circular Road in Neasden, London had five children and a partner back in was jobless and in receipt of about £36,000 a year in benefits due to having a hip injury, with the rent on his one-bedroom flat also paid for him, the court Thomas Moran said he did not believe the claims Hirsi had made to officers that the drugs were for personal use or that he did not know it was illegal in the UK."I'm in no doubt you were recruited to do this by somebody much more sophisticated than you," the judge told Hirsi, who was assisted in a court by a Somali Moran said criminals picked people like Hirsi who were "unemployed, in poor health and probably desperate for money".Hirsi must also comply with a six month electronically-monitored curfew between 19:00 and 07:00 and was ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs. Follow BBC Newcastle on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.
