`` Salaam-a-lakom , '' she says , greeting her guests as they enter the foyer . Kareemah Budair hosted a gathering for Atlanta at her suburban Iftar home . The feast marks the breaking of the fast during 17 years ago . Raised Catholic , she converted to Kareemah Budair the holy month of Ramadan . Of Ramadan , she says : `` It 's an opportunity to purify ourselves ''
Kareemah Budair hosted a gathering for Atlanta at her suburban Iftar home . The feast marks the breaking of the fast during 17 years ago . Raised Catholic , she converted to Kareemah Budair the holy month of Ramadan . Of Ramadan , she says : `` It 's an opportunity to purify ourselves ''