Dr. Azizah al-Hibri Delivers a Dars Hassani in Morocco this Ramadan!
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KARAMAH’s Letter to FIBA to Allow Muslim Women Basketball Players to Wear Headscarf
Date: 8/10/2016 August 10, 2016 To: FIBA Technical Commission; FIBA Central BoardFrom: Qasim Rashid, Director of Civil Rights and Policy KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights Dear FIBA, I write to you today on behalf of Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and her request to play professional women’s basketball while observing her Islamic obligation of a headscarf.
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A Muslim Woman’s Right to Self Determination
While France increases its bans on Muslim women’s dress, international sports agencies like FIBA decide whether a headscarf wearing woman is “valid” enough to play basketball. Women today are stripped, literally or otherwise, of our dignity and right to self-determination. Instead, we are reduced to what society deems acceptable attire, presentation or behavior. Muslims will
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2016 Law & Leadership Summer Program Highlights
KARAMAH has successfully held the Law and Leadership Summer Program (LLSP) for the past 14 years and 2016 was no exception. This year 18 women from near and far gathered in Washington, DC where they learned from acclaimed Islamic scholars, leadership mavens, and a leading expert on conflict resolution from an Islamic perspective. With another
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LTC (Ret) Michael J. Bizer-Negotiating and Diplomacy at Difficult Times
In his second class, titled “Negotiating and Diplomacy in Difficult Times,” Mr. Bizer elaborated on the concept of negotiation, which the LLSP class already encountered in other classes during the program. He laid out the seven elements of negotiation: Interests: what are we after? Are we after a tangible or intangible interest? Is this interest
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LTC (Ret) Michael J. Bizer-Leading Teams Through Resilience
Mr. Bizer’s first class, titled “Leading Teams Through Resilience,” covered the importance for leaders to ensure team resilience for long term success. Leaders can influence the level of stress in their followers and improve operational performance by further developing individual and organizational resilience. Mr. Bizer stated that stress is an underestimated obstacle to success for
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Linda Sarsour-Community Organizing 101
On August 4th, Linda Sarsour, an activist and community organizer, lectured about her work as a community organizer in New York City. She first differentiated between activism and community organizing. “An activist cares about an issues and shows up to protests, rallies, or meetings as an individual. Whereas, a community organizer is an individual who
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KARAMAH’s Strong Voices, Strong Communities in the Washington Post
KARAMAH’s annual Strong Voices, Strong Communities event was featured in the Washington Post on August 4, 2016. KARAMAH’s 2016 LLSP participants were featured in the piece, as was KARAMAH’s staff: ““There’s a legacy from 1,400 years ago of Muslim women speaking up with their voices,” Rahman said. But this narrative is not often told —
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Professor Michael Useem-The Leadership Moment
Prof. Useem lectured about leadership capacities and strategies with a presentation titled, “The Leadership Moment.” He opened the class with two questions: When does our personal leadership have the greatest impact? And when we think about leadership, should we think about us individually or the team or community that we are a part of? Prof.
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#BlackGirlMagic-Raheemah Abdulaleem Esq.
President of KARAMAH, Raheemah Abdulaleem Esq. lectured at LLSP on August 3rd. “When you walk into a room and you see chairs, if there’s no seating arrangement take a seat at the table, and be open to starting a dialogue,” she began. Then, she explained “as Muslim women, sometimes people make assumptions about you. As
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