Anas Coburn
Managing Director

Anas Coburn is Project Sakinah’s sole full-time employee, and has been a member of the Dar al Islam team since 1987. He has a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and has practiced as a mental health clinician serving clients living within a culture of generational poverty. He has worked with clients suffering from physical and sexual abuse and living in ‘high-risk,’ chaotic, multi-stressed families dealing with issues such as poverty, substance abuse, and serious mental illness, often all at the same time. Coburn’s utilization of a whole-systems-approach has sharpened his appreciation of complex social and family-systems factors that strongly shape the ability of an individual or family to be resilient in the face of challenges. His background informs his belief that many of the challenges Muslim families face can be addressed at a community-wide level.

During his tenure with Dar al Islam, Coburn has been involved with the development of numerous programs including “North American Muslim Powwows” and “Deen Intensives” intended to address various aspects of the social experience of practicing Islam in North America.

Coburn has broad interests in the impacts of modern society on Muslims, and has given written and spoken on the development of Muslim Identity, the struggle to establish and maintain community, and the impacts of computer technology and internet use on Muslims. Anas lives in rural Vermont, a mile from a paved road, amongst thousands of trees in perfect submission to their Creator.