Gul Rukh Rahman is currently consulting with the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation in New York. From 2005 to 2009, Ms. Rahman served as the co-Executive Director of Children of Abraham (CoA). On behalf of CoA, in February 2008 she relocated to Paris, where she worked with a division of France’s Ministry of Defense to create an educational and experiential center that would address intercultural, interfaith, and intra-community dialogue between young French men and women. The experiential center aimed to address issues of social cohesion through economic empowerment and education. Ms. Rahman earned her Master’s degree at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Prior to joining CoA, Ms. Rahman worked as a software engineer in the Bay Area of Northern California. She has also worked as a freelance journalist for many South Asian and Arab media outlets, writing about human rights, Afghan refugees, and other social, cultural, and economic issues. In the past, she volunteered her time consulting with several non-governmental organizations that advocated for Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
How can anyone make a difference in a world marked by genocide, civil war, refugee crises, disease epidemics? With conscience, hope, and sweat equity, Dr. Zachary Kaufman and the other contributors to this book have offered aid, created organizations serving victims of human rights violations, and learned from set-backs and failures. Their insight into challenges of sustainable fund-raising, organizational design and management, and skepticism about young Western volunteers can inspire and instruct others who hope to address suffering and injustice through initiative, analysis, and commitment.”