Malikah's End of Year Hafla: A Fundraiser & Dance Party

One big night to celebrate Malikah’s impact, honor our people, and fund 2027, with food, music and a packed dance floor!

Hafla (حفلة): a party. The kind with music, food, family, and someone's auntie pulling everyone onto the dance floor.

Friends, we have a lot to celebrate.

When we look back at 2026, we see you. We see the women who walked into the Malikah Safety Center in Astoria nervous and walked out knowing how to protect themselves. We see the neighbors who packed boxes, delivered groceries and checked on each other through our mutual aid network. We see the people who sat in healing circles, learned to budget and save in our financial literacy workshops, and showed up to organize for a safer Queens.

None of it happened without this community. So we're throwing our first-ever fundraiser to close out the year in your honor!

The night

• Our honorees: recognizing the community members who carried this work in 2026
• Performances from artists we love
• Good food, good music
• A dance party, because we earned it

Why your ticket matters

Every dollar raised goes straight into Malikah's 2027 programs and our mutual aid work, so even more women and families get what this community got this year: safety, healing and each other.

When and where

Saturday, November 21

Starts at 6:00 PM

PYO Chai | 28-23 Steinway St, Long Island City, NY 11103

Bring your aunties, your besties and your dancing shoes. We can't wait to celebrate with you!

Can't make it? Support Malikah's 2027 here: www.malikah.org/donate

About Malikah:

Malikah is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to combating gender and hate-based violence, founded after our founder Rana Abdelhamid experienced a hate-based attack. As a Muslim Egyptian woman growing up in Queens, NY post-9/11, Rana faced the challenges of navigating a world where fear and misunderstanding were often projected onto her community. This personal journey fueled her passion for creating a space where women, especially those from marginalized backgrounds, could find healing, empowerment, and a sense of belonging. Malikah was born out of this need for solidarity and safety, as well as the desire to combat gender and hate-based violence in a world that often marginalizes the most vulnerable.

We offer self-defense training, healing justice, financial literacy, and organizing programs to empower individuals and communities. We collaborate with community-based organizations (CBOs), private sector partners, public schools, and religious institutions to amplify our impact. Our mutual aid hub and base-building efforts in Queens, NY, serve immigrant, working-class North African communities, as well as recently arrived African asylum seekers.

Through intensive bootcamps, community summits, weekly events, and one-time programs, we expand access to our curriculum and training by partnering with organizers and trainers. Our movement is rooted in a community safety framework that elevates the leadership of marginalized groups within our communities.

Ready to join us in creating a world free from violence? Partner with us! We’re excited to collaborate with you!