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Professional Affiliation

Founder and CEO, Karam Foundation

Expert Bio

 

Lina Sergie Attar is founder and CEO of Karam Foundation. She is a Syrian-American architect and writer from Aleppo. She was named one of GOOD magazine鈥檚  for Karam鈥檚 innovative work with Syrian refugees. Her articles and essays have been published in the , Chicago Tribune, , Politico, , and BBC. She has appeared on CNN, NBC News, BBC News, Huffington Post, NPR and other media outlets. Lina has spoken about the Syrian humanitarian crisis at schools, universities, and institutions including: RISD, Harvard, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, The New School, Phillips Exeter Academy, King鈥檚 Academy in Jordan, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, New America, the Aspen Institute, and others. Sergie Attar is a co-founder of the  project, serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of , and is a non-resident fellow at New America. See Lina鈥檚 TEDx talk .