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KARAMAH’s Founder and Chair, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, was recently featured on the latest edition of International Bar Association’s magazine, IBA Global Insight. In this article, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri shared her views on women’s rights in the Middle East, the developments and implications of the Arab Spring and Western perceptions of the Muslim world since 9/11. […]

On November 10, 2011, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri spoke at the Charlottesville Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) on “Shari’ah, Liberty, and the Rule of Law”. Founded in 1951, the Charlottesville Committee on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is a civic, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting informed discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs. This event with Dr.

On October 29, 2011, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri presented the keynote address at The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta (ISB)’s “2011 Building Bridges Awards Dinner”- an annual event organized by ISB . The address was entitled “Anti-Shari’ah Laws and Religious Freedom in America.” In this address, Dr. al-Hibri explained the adverse effects of these laws on

October 24, 2011 – 15 representatives from Middle Eastern and North African NGOs and governmental institutions visited KARAMAH. These delegates from the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program aimed to explore the role and organizational structure of NGOs in advancing civil rights and equal opportunity in the U.S. The delegates were interested in learning

On October 20, 2011, KARAMAH held a Town Hall meeting on Shari‘ah and Religious Freedom in the US at the University of Richmond School of Law. Joining KARAMAH was the First Freedom Center and the Richmond Muslim Law Student Association. The driving motivation behind the event was to provide an open environment for exchange and

On October 19, 2011, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri participated in a panel discussion entitled “Muslim-Majority and Muslim-Minority Communities in a Global Context.” The panel was hosted by the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World and featured, alongside with Dr. al-Hibri, Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department

On Monday October 17, 2011, KARAMAH, in collaboration with Women in Islam, held a town hall meeting at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. The event featured: Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, and Prof. Theodore Shaw and was moderated by Anisa Mehdi. During this event, panelists discussed misconceptions

On October 5, 2011, a delegation of 5 young Yemeni women leaders visited KARAMAH as part of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program on “Young Leaders and the U.S Political Process.” These young Yemeni women leaders are involved in Journalism, Women’s rights, and the political process at the national, state and local level.

On October 2, 2011, KARAMAH held a town hall meeting at the Islamic Center of Long Island, NY, featuring Mr. Abed Awad, Ms. Engy Abdelkader, Reverend Mark Lukens. During this event, scholars and experts explained what Shari’ah is, how it is practiced in the U.S., constitutional issues surrounding a potential ban, and the effects a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2011 We congratulate Saudi Women for the historical development giving them the right to become full members of the Shura Council, the highest consultative body in the Kingdom. We also congratulate them for acquiring the right to vote, nominate and run as candidates in all future municipal elections. In his