Eman Abdelhadi, an assistant professor focused on religion, gender, identity, and demography, is El-Sayed’s maternal half-sister, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
"A self-described ’Queer Muslim’ [Lesbians Aren't Killed as Often as Gays in Sharia countries] and ’community organizer’ who uses the pronouns ’she/they,’ she has been at the center of far-left protests on campus," the Beacon reported.
Abdelhadi, a signatory to an open letter pledging "solidarity" with the "Palestinian resistance" shortly after the October 7, 2023 slaughter of over a thousand Israelis by Hamas, she has been the focus of several College Fix reports over the last year.
In October, due to her aggressive actions at an anti-ICE protest, Abdelhadi was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated battery, a felony, and two counts of obstructing the peace, a misdemeanor, according to information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
So Eman Abdelhadi, who is Abdul El-Sayed’s sister… wants to abolish the United States as a nation, do away with the economy and eradicate money completely.
— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) August 14, 2026
This delusional Marxist, who should be deported is instead teaching your children at the @UChicago pic.twitter.com/ERJAoDvMmK
Bill Maher: “A few weeks ago, a liberal Democrat named Melissa Chaudhry running for Congress in Seattle was asked, ‘Why, among the many liberal causes listed on her website, LGBT rights was conspicuously absent?’ Because she said, ‘a lot of Muslims do not feel that way,… pic.twitter.com/E00WpglSWl
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) August 15, 2026