Self Defense Class By Rana Abdelhamid (Midd 15')

Rana Abdelhamid ’15, an internationally recognized human rights advocate with a black belt in Karate, returns to Middlebury where she earned her bachelor’s degree in international politics and economics. She then earned a master’s degree in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School public. Currently Abdelhamid works for Google’s central brand team for Google Cloud. While a student, she founded the nonprofit Malikah, which is aimed at supporting women’s empowerment through self-defense, entrepreneurship, and organized trainings. She has personally conducted trainings in the U.S., Spain, Scotland, Ireland, Jordan, Tunisia, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.