Kareem Salama Is Good Muslim Country Singer And She Has Completed His Law Studies From Iowa College Of Law. Salama Clerked For Judge John T. Wooldridge For District Court In Houston. In His Both Careers He Became A Successful Man.

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Kareem Salama: Country Singer and Graduate of the
University of Iowa College of Law
[By Heather Jung]
Kareem Salama, who just finished his third year at the University of Iowa College of Law, has a bright future ahead of him—
not only in law but also in country music. Born and raised in a small city in Oklahoma, Salama said that country music is a
big part of the state’s culture, which has produced some of country music’s biggest names, such as Ronnie Dunn of Brooks
and Dunn, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood.
“Country music is like crickets chirping in America,” Salama said. “In Egypt, you don’t The summer after his first year, Salama
the background in Oklahoma,” Salama said. have arts and crafts at school, orchestra and clerked for Judge John T. Wooldridge of
band, sports, etc. My parents encouraged the 269th District Court in Houston. The
Salama said that he began composing songs us to be as involved as we could in next summer, he once again served as a
at 11 or 12 years old and became serious extracurricular activities...I was on the swim clerk, this time at ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
about it during his high school and early team, I was a boxer, I was in the orchestra in Baytown, TX, for the chemical patents
college years. for a brief time, I played a little piano, water department.
painting, etc.”
“In high school, I fell in love with the poem “Both experiences were great for different
‘A Valediction Forbidding Mourning’ by John Salama recently appeared on Neil Cavuto’s reasons,” said Salama. “I loved clerking
Donne,” Salama said. “I wrote an original Your World on Fox News. He commented on with the judge because I got to watch great
melody to the words of the poem to help the May 7th arrest of six men suspected of trial lawyers at work and just generally
myself memorize it. I continued doing that planning an attack on Fort Dixon, as well learn much of the practical procedure. The
for other classical poems. In fact, I wrote a as other extremists who have carried out ExxonMobil was good as well. I learned an
melody for ‘The New Colossus,’ which is, of attacks on others. incredible amount about patent law, and for
course, the poem written on the Statue of the most part, I drafted responses to office
Liberty. From there, I started writing my own “They’re wretched, wretched human beings. actions.”
words.” Honestly, it’s something I can’t speak to or
even understand,” Salama said. With law school now over, Salama plans to
Salama said his favorite part of music is focus more of his attention on his music
the writing process, stating that “it’s great Cavuto also asked Salama about his by giving performances and releasing a
to have this idea and see it grow into a experiences as a Muslim country singer and second CD.
song and feel that sense of satisfaction whether or not he has been well received by
when the words are touching and the the public. Salama said that he has received On the Net
chord progressions are moving.” He draws a lot of good, positive responses from people
his lyrical inspirations from just about who have heard his music. One individual Kareem Salama
everything—things he sees or has read or the called him a “walking, talking, singing hope www.kareemsalama.com
people he knows. for the world.”
Kareem Salama on Fox News
Salama’s parents were born in Egypt and Salama, who majored in chemical www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKL_8MkPBlk
immigrated to the United States before he engineering at the University of Oklahoma,
was born, a fact that he feels has had a said that after completing his bachelor’s University of Iowa College of Law
profound effect on who he is today. degree, he wanted “to do something less www.law.uiowa.edu
technical.” Having always been interested in
“I think it made [my parents] more philosophy, rhetoric, and logic, he felt that
appreciative of the blessings we have in law school was a logical choice.
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