Zeina Ismail-Allouche
International Expert on Child Protection, Concordia University
Child welfare, Child protection, Child trafficking, Intercountry adoption, Transnational adoption, Forced separation, Alternative care, Oral history performance, Decolonized research methodologies
https://zeinaallouche.com/
Media
Zeina Allouche: the impact of intercountry adoption
2019 Public Scholar, PhD candidate in INDI (Applied Human Studies, Oral History, Theatre) explores the narratives of youths who have experienced transracial and intercountry adoption, particularly in the context of the global refugee crisis. Discover more at http://concordia.ca/sgs/public-schola....
Adoptés du Liban : une association dénonce un véritable trafic d’enfants durant plus de 40 ans
Victims of Lebanese Civil War’s Child Selling Trend Search for Roots
Biography
An oral history/autoethnography storyteller, Zeina Ismail Allouche has worked for more than 20 years in the field of child protection especially with children forced to separate from their families. She has contributed to international initiatives to promote family strengthening aiming at preventing separation, participated in the drafting of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care for Children (2009), and established an NGO based in Lebanon to advocate for the rights to origins for the survivors who were illegally adopted out during the wartime. She is a public scholar (2019-2020) and holds an Individualized PhD from Concordia University researching the life stories of individuals who have experienced transracial or intercountry adoption through a collaborative research-creation informed by Indigenous methodologies.