[3][4] Karim completed her high school studies from BAF Shaheen College Dhaka.

[3] Later, she completed a Master of Architecture from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

[3] She worked as an assistant professor of the School of Architecture at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).

[3][5] Karim appeared as a judge on the reality television show Lux-Channel i Superstar throughout 2014.

[8] After the divorce, she married Masud Hasan Ujjal, a television producer, on 2 September 2011.