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On January 18th, 2016, KARAMAH celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Jr.). In celebrating this day, KARAMAH participated in an event organized by Women Empowering Women at Park Road Community Church, Washington D.C. This event’s objectives were to help job-seeking women with resume building and interviewing skills. It also aimed at providing gently used […]

Watch Besa Ismaili perform during Strong Voices Strong Communities 2015 Please join us in congratulating KARAMAH’s alumna Besa Ismaili on her accomplishments. On November 21st, 2015, the Universal Peace Federation bestowed upon Besa the title of Ambassador for Peace for her contributions in interfaith dialogue. For nearly two decades, Besa has been a leading activist,

* Correction: current Chair of KARAMAH is Raheemah Abdulaleem, Esq.

On Thursday December 17th, 2015, KARAMAH met with Arab leaders from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The group of leaders that included human rights activists, attorneys and scholars discussed with Ms. Aisha Rahman, KARAMAH executive director, and Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, KARAMAH Founder, the status of Muslim women’s

“It is apparent that despite religious freedom for all in our country, the reality is religious freedom is only for some.” Aisha Rahman, Esq. On December 3rd, 2015, KARAMAH brought together the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and senior adviser on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human

On December 2nd, 2015, KARAMAH held a “Muslim-Jewish Round Table” convening Muslim and Jewish leaders and scholars from faith and academic institutions. This high level scholarly forum was part of KARAMAH’s efforts in furthering interfaith understanding. While many forums focus on mere understanding between faiths, KARAMAH designed this forum to elevate the level of discourse

Watch KARAMAH executive director Aisha Rahman, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) and Salma Abugedeiri of Peaceful Families Project speak about different obstacles that make domestic survivors stay in abusive relationships.