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On November 10th, 2015, KARAMAH executive director, Ms. Aisha Rahman, spoke at the American Bar Association International Family Mediator Training organized by the American Bar Association Section of International Law Family Mediation Task Force. Ms. Rahman joined foreign mediator experts, premiere speakers from international organizations and the government, academia, and private practice to speak about […]

Washington, DC | KARAMAH | November 6, 2015 – KARAMAH along with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and the Sikh Coalition welcome the temporary suspension of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) “Don’t Be a Puppet” website. The FBI agreed to delay the launch of the website after receiving criticism from the

On November 6th, 2015, KARAMAH offered a cultural sensitivity training workshop to service providers, attorneys and advocates titled “Domestic Violence Through the Lens of Marginalized Communities: Improving our Response.” Aisha Rahman, Esq., KARAMAH executive director and Julia Bizer, Esq. KARAMAH Family Law attorney, presented the workshop. KARAMAH offers these training workshops in order to increase

On November 5th, 2015, KARAMAH will be attending the federal inter-agency meeting with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to discuss civil rights and civil liberties concerns affecting the Muslim community. KARAMAH was invited to submit its priorities to the Department of Justice and has identified the following civil rights issues particularly affecting the

My name is Wejdan Alharbi. I am a graduate student from Saudi Arabia with a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Political Science from King Saud University in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. After earning my first degree in 2012, I had a strong desire to continue my studies. Therefore, I applied to the scholarship program

This October 2015, KARAMAH conducted its third annual “Love Like the Prophet: Ending Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community” event series. This annual series of community events is aimed at addressing domestic violence in the Muslim community. Because most of KARAMAH’s calls on this issue come from local mosques, KARAMAH brought the series to three

So many congrats to our Law and Leadership 2015 alumna, Nurangez Abdulhamidova, for being selected as a Gender Focal Point (GFP) at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. As a GFP, Nurangez is advising and supporting her Program Management in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating program strategies on gender-mainstreaming.

“We want [women] to be critical and analytical and decide for [themselves].” Aisha Rahman, KARAMAH executive director On October 13th, 2015, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a documentary screening of the PBS documentary “Gender Equality in Islam” followed by a panel discussion titled “Islam, Culture and Sexism: What Needs to Change?” The panel featured: Aisha

I want to tell you about the case that changed my life. Five years ago I started my legal career at a legal services organization in my small, southern hometown. To say that I had led a sheltered and privileged life would be a gross understatement. I am chagrined to admit that had I not