Christina
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Christina Tobias-Nahi is currently the Director of Public Affairs, Research and Advocacy at Islamic Relief USA in the DMV area since 2006.
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Amina Mahmood |
Dr. Amina Mahmood is a NYS licensed Psychologist, and a registered yoga teacher currently in private practice in upstate NY.
Topics of Expertise: Domestic Violence, Healthy Families, Mental Health, Sexual Violence, Healthy Teen Relationships, Positive Communication, Pre-marital & Marriage, Divorce, Islamic Perspective of Domestic Violence, Islamic Model of Healthy Families, Interfaith and Domestic Violence, Diversity and Multiculturalism (e.g. cross-cultural relationships) and healthy communication |
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Deana Helmy |
Deana Helmy is a Licensed Marriage and Therapist and is the Director of Counseling Services at ICNA Relief’s Crescent Counseling Center in Anaheim. She also works in Behavioral Health Training Services for the County of Orange Health Care Agency. Deana holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Social Behavior and a teaching credential from UC Irvine, a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Cal State Fullerton, and is currently pursuing an MBA from UC Irvine at the Paul Merage School Of Business. Deana was born in Southern California and has been very involved in the Muslim community. Her passion is in positive psychology and personal development, and she uses her skills to not only promote positive mindsets and lifestyles, but to empower her community to create a new narrative for American Muslims – one built on mutual respect, understanding, and connectedness.
Topics of Expertise: Healthy Families, Mental Health, Healthy Teen Relationships, Positive Communication, Pre-marital & Marriage, Islamic Perspective of Domestic Violence, Islamic Model of Healthy Families, Interfaith and Domestic Violence |
Zeinab Elasiouty |
Zeinab Elasiouty has a degree in Islamic studies and specializes in social and marital relationships and works as a prophetic emotional intelligence educator. Experience and Certification:
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Khalid Iqbal |
Khalid Iqbal was born in India and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a Mechanical Engineer by profession with an expertise in Metallurgy and failure analysis. He completed his graduate studies in Canada. For the past 20 years he dedicated himself to non-profit work. His passion for family development lead him to the creation of Rahmaa Institute, an organization that is dedicated to the issues that are involved in Muslim marriages, conflict resolution, divorce, domestic violence and anger prevention. He has developed a comprehensive 8 hour premarital counseling course based on Islamic guidance and has used these resources to help hundreds of individuals and couples in overcoming their marital issues. He has also developed a 16 session domestic violence and anger prevention course based on the Quran and Sunnah that has helped dozens of individuals and couples with positive results. He travels all over the country and internationally to present family development seminars and workshop. He also conducts short training workshops on how to deliver premarital and anger courses and on other topics to the Imams, community leaders and social workers. He volunteers for the Peaceful Family Project. Currently he is part of the Imams council of Michigan where he recently organized a comprehensive Domestic violence prevention and premarital counseling workshop for the Imams. (Please note that “Imam” is term used for Muslim clergy).He has been married for 47 years, have three wonderful children and ten grandchildren.
Topics of Expertise: Domestic Violence, Healthy Families, Healthy Teen Relationships, Positive Communication, Pre-marital & Marriage, Divorce, Islamic Perspective of Domestic Violence, Islamic Model of Healthy Families |
Unaiza Malik |
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.
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Zahra Rehman
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Zahra Rehman is a High School Teacher and Learning Specialist in Brooklyn, NY. She completed her B.Sc. in both English and Biology and her Masters in Anatomical Sciences from The George Washington University. Her studies focused in disabilities studies and how trauma affects the adolescent brain. Zahra worked for the Fairfax County Domestic and Sexual Violence Center for seven years as a Crisis Line Volunteer and worked closely with the county as a Crisis Line Specialist, focusing on community outreach. Zahra has been in the field of education for the last three years with a focus on working with students with learning and behavioral disabilities. Zahra utilizes evidence-based approaches to provide her students with educational equity and accessibility. In addition to her work as a teacher, Zahra's aim is to be conscious of the diversity of her student population, especially when it comes to trauma and how it affects the learning brain. Her aim is to educate her community and promote positive mental health by starting off with the youth. Outside of the work setting, Zahra has worked with and educated herself across many different countries and communities to begin an interfaith dialogue. Her long-term goals include promoting education about DV & SV to Muslim families, providing a safe space for adolescents across diverse communities, and serving inner-city communities with equity in mental health accessibility.
Topics of Expertise: Domestic Violence, Healthy Families, Mental Health, Sexual Violence, Healthy Teen Relationships, Interfaith and Domestic Violence |
Mohamed Dewji |
Mohamed Dewji was born in Kenya and moved to Canada in 1976 where he has been living since. He is now retired from a career in Pharmacy after having practiced for over 30 years. Mohamed has always been an active member of the Muslim community having served in multiple roles including mosque administration and being a founding member of the Az-Zahraa Islamic Academy. Most recently, he and his wife, Fatema, have set up the Rahma Foundation through which they provide welfare, education, and peer support services. Besides facilitating for Peaceful Families, Mohamed is a trained facilitator of numerous other programs including Compassionate Integrity Training, Leadership Development, NeuroPsychology for Learning and Raising Successful Kids. He is a father of four and has three lovely grandchildren. Mohamed loves hiking and reading and Sufi poetry.
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