[12] Al-Suwaidan is and has long been a supporter of social justice, human rights, and specifically, Palestinian liberation, in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
[14][15] She started the #ArabsForBlackLives campaign with Egyptian-American community organizer, Rana Abdel Hamid, about how Arabs can work to fight against anti-Black racism.
[19] In March 2024, a Lowell House panel discussion on Islamophobia and antisemitism featuring Al-Suwaidan, Rabbi Professor Shaul Magid, and Madeline J.
However, the event was cancelled after Al-Suwaidan, Lowell House Faculty Deans, and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics withdrew.
[20] Lowell House had removed themselves as co-sponsors for the panel, after Alexander Kestenbaum, a student from the Harvard Divinity School, took to Twitter and alleged that "the event failed to include Jewish and Zionist voices."