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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

On October 11th, 2015, KARAMAH held its first event of the “Love Like the Prophet” series 2015. This is the fourth year that KARAMAH holds this series of community events with the aim of addressing domestic violence from an Islamic perspective, promoting discussion within our communities about this issue, and shedding light on resources available to

Continuing in our promise to bring to you each performance from this year’s “Strong Voices, Strong Communities,” we introduce Dilfuza Abdulkhasan, a LLSP 2015 alumna from Uzbekistan. Ms. Abdulkhasan is a judge in Uzbekistan, a position not often held by women and certainly not by women wearing a headscarf. Ms. Abdulkhasan is now furthering her

On September 17, 2015, KARAMAH co-sponsored a very important and timely panel discussion titled “Monitoring Minorities: The Past and Present of Discriminatory Surveillance Practices.” The event was organized by the Capital Area Muslim Bar Association (“CAMBA”) and speakers at the event were: Professor John Brittain, Linda Sarsour, and Rachel Levinson-Waldman. The panelists explored how these practices affect two overlapping