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On August 13th, 2015, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri analyzed with LLSP participants verses in the Qur’an which are often misinterpreted and historically have been used to justify oppression and abuse of women. Dr. al-Hibri first looked at Surat al-Nisa’ and raised the topic of obedience as it is described in the Qur’an. She worked with students

On August 15-16, 2015, KARAMAH collaborated with Ikram: Foundation for Empowerment of Muslim Women to present the two day Skill-Building and Intervention Skills Training Workshop “Say Peace” which is one in a series of workshops organized under the banner: “Promoting Healthy Marriage and Preventing Divorce in our Communities.” The workshop was held at the Fairfax

Friday August 14th, 2015 marked the last day of KARAMAH’s Law and Leadership Program 2015. The LLSP Class heard from Abed Awad about the Islamic marriage contract, and particularly, how it is treated under U.S. law. Mr. Awad began his course by describing the distinctions between an Islamic marriage contract and a prenuptial agreement, a

For the afternoon portion of Thursday August 13th, students heard from Jonathan Stith about the principles and possible methods of community organizing. Mr. Stith broke down the concept of community organizing for students, differentiating between individual acts and advocacy or direct action. Many of the actions that are a part of community organizing go towards

On Wednesday August 12th, 2015, KARAMAH’s LLSP class of 2015 were ready to utilize their new skills from the previous two-day conflict resolution workshop to discuss diplomacy, to debate, and to discuss potential roads to progress in their community. Students heard from Dean Robert Destro about his diplomacy work and the interfaith outreach he has

On Monday August 10 and 11, 2015, LLSP participants attended Dr. Amr Abdalla’s two-day workshop “Say Peace.” Dr. Adballa has been offering his auspicious peace and conflict resolution lectures at the Law and Leadership Summer Program for over 12 years. Dr. Abdalla began his workshop by discussing his history working in the field of peace

Maya Angelou said: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” And there is no better way to reach people’s feelings than telling a compelling story. We at KARAMAH believe that the power of story telling and personal narratives can change

On August 6th, LLSP participants learned how to build a good plan to accomplish their personal or professional goals. In his course, “The Theory of Change,” Farhan Latif, president of the El Hibri Foundation spoke with students about ways to hone their professional goals and their personal talents to maximize their outcomes. Mr. Latif began