Lena Alhusseini

Lena Alhusseini is an Arab American of Palestinian origin born in Jerusalem. She joined the [http://www.aafscny.org/index.html Arab American Family Support Center(AAFSC)] in New York as Executive Director after a number of years at the [http://www.ncmec.org/ National Center for Missing & Exploited Children(NCMEC)] where she served as international outreach project manager on issues of child protection, abduction and child trafficking. Prior to joining NCMEC, Alhusseini worked for the [http://www.gatewayshelter.org/ Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter] in Denver, Colorado where she developed the shelter’s children’s program and worked with diverse populations including Latino and Arab-American women and children on issues of Domestic Violence. Before coming to the U.S., Alhusseini served with a number of international organizations around the world on issues pertaining to child protection and human trafficking, including USAID and UNICEF. Most notably, she established the [http://www.jordanriver.jo/Program_Children.asp?Language=E// Jordan River Children] under the direction of HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan. That organization was the first in the Middle East to address the issue of child abuse and protection. She leads AAFSC as the lead partner of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, the first Arabic dual language public school in the USA. Alhusseini is a recipient of the [http://www.auburnsem.org// Auburn Seminary Women of Commitment Award 2007] and a [http://www.brooklynda.org/ Brooklyn District Attorney Extraordinary Woman of 2008 Honoree] .

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