Meet Our Trainers
Salma Abugideiri
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri is a founding board member of PFP, currently serving on the Advisory Board and as the primary trainer for PFP programs. She provides workshops and training for community leaders, imams, faith communities, domestic violence service providers and mental health professionals on Healthy Relationship Dynamics, Muslim Mental Health and Domestic Violence Prevention. She has presented at national and international conferences on these topics. Among her numerous publications in the fields of domestic violence and mental health, she authored the facilitator guide for the training program Garments for One Another: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Families, and the chapter entitled Domestic Violence in Counseling Muslims: Handbook of Mental Health Issues & Interventions. She has co-authored What Islam Says About Domestic Violence: A Guide for Helping Muslim Families, and Before You Tie the Knot: A Guide for Couples. Salma is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice, specializing in couples counseling and the treatment of trauma. Her passions include the prevention of relationship and mental health issues, and integrating spirituality into prevention and treatment approaches.
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri is a founding board member of PFP, currently serving on the Advisory Board and as the primary trainer for PFP programs. She provides workshops and training for community leaders, imams, faith communities, domestic violence service providers and mental health professionals on Healthy Relationship Dynamics, Muslim Mental Health and Domestic Violence Prevention. She has presented at national and international conferences on these topics. Among her numerous publications in the fields of domestic violence and mental health, she authored the facilitator guide for the training program Garments for One Another: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Families, and the chapter entitled Domestic Violence in Counseling Muslims: Handbook of Mental Health Issues & Interventions. She has co-authored What Islam Says About Domestic Violence: A Guide for Helping Muslim Families, and Before You Tie the Knot: A Guide for Couples. Salma is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice, specializing in couples counseling and the treatment of trauma. Her passions include the prevention of relationship and mental health issues, and integrating spirituality into prevention and treatment approaches.
Unaiza Malik
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Unaiza Malik completed her Masters from the University of South Florida in the field of Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. Currently working as a Mental Health Counselor in the private practice sector, Unaiza utilizes evidence-based approaches to provide therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds. With the aim of educating her community and promoting positive mental health at the communal level, Unaiza organizes and conducts psychoeducational workshops and group counseling sessions. Outside of the work setting, Unaiza can be found offering religious instruction to young women in the community and organizing knowledge and spirituality-based programs for both youth and adults. She has a taught a women's halaqa at the local university for the past seven years.
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Unaiza Malik completed her Masters from the University of South Florida in the field of Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. Currently working as a Mental Health Counselor in the private practice sector, Unaiza utilizes evidence-based approaches to provide therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds. With the aim of educating her community and promoting positive mental health at the communal level, Unaiza organizes and conducts psychoeducational workshops and group counseling sessions. Outside of the work setting, Unaiza can be found offering religious instruction to young women in the community and organizing knowledge and spirituality-based programs for both youth and adults. She has a taught a women's halaqa at the local university for the past seven years.
Saman Quraeshi
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Saman Quraeshi is the Program Director at Ikram Foundation. She received her Bachelors at the University of North Florida in Communications, and is currently pursuing her masters in Social Work and Conflict Analysis. Saman is interested in gender based violence and healthy relationships. She has been working in the non-profit sector for over 10 years and feels passionately about the empowerment of Muslim women. She worked for the national civil rights organization, CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), as the Community Relations Director, and was also the youngest board member for the Jacksonville chapter of The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ).
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Saman Quraeshi is the Program Director at Ikram Foundation. She received her Bachelors at the University of North Florida in Communications, and is currently pursuing her masters in Social Work and Conflict Analysis. Saman is interested in gender based violence and healthy relationships. She has been working in the non-profit sector for over 10 years and feels passionately about the empowerment of Muslim women. She worked for the national civil rights organization, CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), as the Community Relations Director, and was also the youngest board member for the Jacksonville chapter of The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ).
Altaf Husain
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Altaf Husain is a native of Cleveland, Ohio , and a double alumnus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , Ohio , having earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and his M.S. in Social Work. He received his Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Husain's research interests include the mental health and integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especially Muslim adolescents, in the United States. He serves as Vice President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an advisory board member of the Peaceful Families Project - dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence. His past service to the community includes serving as a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA National), an executive committee member of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), a board member of the Peaceful Families Project and board member then Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Dr. Husain and his family live in Northern Virginia.
Trainer
Peaceful Families Project
Altaf Husain is a native of Cleveland, Ohio , and a double alumnus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , Ohio , having earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and his M.S. in Social Work. He received his Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Husain's research interests include the mental health and integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especially Muslim adolescents, in the United States. He serves as Vice President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an advisory board member of the Peaceful Families Project - dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence. His past service to the community includes serving as a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA National), an executive committee member of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), a board member of the Peaceful Families Project and board member then Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Dr. Husain and his family live in Northern Virginia.