The Hurma Project Team reflects on lessons learned from the past season; includes comments from Mihad Fahmy, Ingrid Mattson, Maysa Haque, Faisal Bhabha, Tamara Gray, Hind Makki, Iman Boundaoui, Jaye Starr, Joshua Salaam and Mohamed Magid.

Lawyer and somatic practitioner Iman Boundaoui discusses the challenges Muslim communities face and the rich resources they can draw upon to heal and transform collective, intergenerational and politicized trauma through embodied leadership. 

A continuation of our conversation with Chaplains Jaye Starr, Lauren Schreiber and Joshua Salaam of the Association of Muslim Chaplains about how they developed a Code of Conduct for their professional association, and their commitment to finding effective and compassionate means to accountability.

Lawyers Mihad Fahmy and Faisal Bhabha explain how investigations into complaints of workplace misconduct are undertaken. They explore the problem with buried reports, the liability of board members, and the opportunity for Muslim organizations to create a culture of respect and transparency beyond their legal obligations. 

Imam Magid and Sister Magda discuss what parents, teachers, and administrators must do to keep children safe in Muslim spaces, including by listening to children and giving them protective knowledge and agency.

The Founder of Side Entrance, a website documenting women's spaces in mosques, explains why she believes they should continue to be at the heart of Muslim community life, and why a paradigm of inclusion will elevate not only women's experiences, but men's too. 

A continuation of our conversation with Shaykha Dr. Tamara Gray, Founder and Director of Rabata, and Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, Scholar-in-Residence at Tayseer Seminary.

Shaykha Dr. Tamara Gray, Founder and Director of Rabata, and Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, Scholar-in-Residence at Tayseer Seminary, discuss the hallmarks of healthy teacher-student and mureed-shaykh relationships.