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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a professional writer and author with [[Intact America]].

==Early life and education==
Alissa is a native of Beirut, Lebanon, where she lived in the Armenian Quarter.<ref name="kristel-1">{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kristel-alissa_im-honored-to-announce-that-ive-been-selected-activity-7254461554312495104-kghE
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 |first=Kristel
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 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
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}}</ref> She studied English literature at [https://www.ul.edu.lb/ Lebanese University].<ref name="Alissa-assist">{{REFweb
 |url=https://theassist.com/woman-wednesday-issue-39/
 |title=Woman Wednesday Issue #39
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 |publisher=The Assist Newsletter 
 |date=2022-09-28
 |accessdate=2025-01-01
}}</ref>

==Adult life==
Alissa taught English in the Lebanese school system for more than a decade. She relocated to the [[United States]] in 2023 where she wrote for SnackNation and Caroo.<ref name="kristel-1" /> 

She entered a travel writers contest and won an award for her writing with an article about her native Beirut and won the prize in 2024, which is The Edward-Readicker-Henderson Travel Classics Memorial Scholarship.<ref name="Alisa-winner2024">{{REFweb
 |url=https://travelclassics.com/scholarship-winner/
 |title=The Edward-Readicker-Henderson Travel Classics Memorial Scholarship for New and Emerging Travel Writers
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 |author-link=
 |publisher=Travel Classics
 |date=2024
 |accessdate=2025-01-01
}}</ref>

Alissa then joined [https://www.lucidhousepublishing.com Lucid House Publishing] as an Acquisitions Editor,<ref name="kristel-1" /> where she is identified as "''Kristel Issa''" and works under the supervision of [[Connor Judson Garrett]]<ref name="lucid2024">{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.lucidhousepublishing.com/our-team
 |title=Our Team
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}}</ref> She is reputed to be an expert on attracting search engine listing.

She is now writing for [[Intact America]], where her articles about [[circumcision]], which exhibit flawless English, are published.

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* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/truth-about-circumcision-media/
 |title=The Dark Side of Circumcision: Why the Media Needs to Speak Up
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-09-12
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/debunking-circumcision-myths/
 |title=Debunking A Pro-Circumcision Doctor’s Arguments: The Real Truth Behind the Myths
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-09-26
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-crisis/
 |title=The U.S. Circumcision Crisis: Why Your Support Matters
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-10-20
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/rethinking-circumcision/
 |title=Why Humans Are the Only Circumcised Animal: A Cut Too Far?
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-11-17
 |accessdate=2025-01-01
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/exposing-circumcision-propaganda/
 |title=The Unkindest Cut: Exposing the Propaganda That Normalized Circumcision—and How We Reclaim the Truth
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-11-19
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/arguments-against-circumcision/
 |title=Cutting Through the Myths: 5 Compelling Arguments Against Circumcision
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-11-19
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-reevaluation/
 |title=Circumcision: An Outdated Practice in Desperate Need of Re-Evaluation
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel 
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-12-16
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/emotional-weight-of-circumcision/
 |title=The Emotional Weight of Circumcision: Beyond the Physical Cut
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-12-22
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/the-case-against-circumcision/
 |title=The Case Against Circumcision: A Bold Look at a Quiet Epidemic
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-12-22
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/protecting-intact-boys-from-harm/
 |title=Where Circumcision Advocates Strike: Protecting Intact Boys From Harm
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2024-12-23
 |accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-dating-intimacy/
 |title=Dating, Sex, and the Unspoken Pressure of Circumcision
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-01-23
 |accessdate=025-01-28
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-social-media/
 |title=The Role of Social Media in Circumcision Decisions: A Double-Edged Sword
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-01-23
 |accessdate=2025-01-29
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-impact-early-bonding-between-mother-child/
 |title=How Circumcision Affects the Early Bonding Process Between Mother and Child
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-01-26
 |accessdate=2025-01-28
}}

* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/expose-how-brutal-circumcision-is/
 |title=9 Comparisons to Expose How Brutal Circumcision Is
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-01-27
 |accessdate=2025-01-29
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/
 |title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-02-23
 |accessdate=2025-03-24
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/locker-room-argument-circumcision/
 |title=The Locker Room Argument Is Weak—Here’s Why
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-02-25
 |accessdate=2025-03-04
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-journey/
 |title=Taking Back What Was Stolen: A Foreskin Restoration Journey
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-02-26
 |accessdate=2025-03-04
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/ethical-debate-behind-circumcision/
 |title=Are We Sacrificing Newborns for Tradition? The Ethical Debate Behind Circumcision
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-03-25
 |accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-in-the-media/
 |title=The Science Behind Circumcision and How It’s Misrepresented in the Media
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-03-25
 |accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
*{{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/post-circumcision-infections/
 |title=The Risk of Infections Post-Circumcision: What They’re Not Telling You
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-03-25
 |accessdate=2025-03-29
}} 
*{{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/what-doctors-should-know-about-circumcision/
 |title=What Every Doctor Should Know About Circumcision: A Call for Better Medical Practices
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-03-25
 |accessdate=2025-03-29
}} 
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-surgery-screaming/
 |title=Circumcision: The Only Surgery Where the Patient Screams—and No One Stops
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-04-24
 |accessdate=2025-04-25
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-cosmetic-surgery-on-newborns/
 |title=The World’s Oldest Cosmetic Surgery Is Still Performed on Newborns—Without Consent
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact Ameriac
 |date=2025-04-24
 |accessdate=2025-05-16
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-gaslit-generation/
 |title=How Circumcision Gaslit an Entire Generation
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2022-05-21
 |accessdate=2022-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-body-trauma/
 |title=Circumcision: The Original Body Horror You Were Told Was Necessary
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-05-21
 |accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-cleanliness-myth/
 |title=“Clean” vs. “Natural”: When Language Becomes a Weapon
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-05-21
 |accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* * {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-amputation-truth/
 |title=The Word They Don’t Want to Use: Amputation
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-05-21
 |accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-rates/
 |title=Circumcision Rates by Country: Why America Is the Outlier
 |last=Alissa
 |first=Kristel
 |init=
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-07-03
 |accessdate=2025-8-03
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-tiktok-trend/
 |title=TikTokers Are Talking About Foreskin Restoration—Here’s What They’re Not Saying
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-07-03
 |accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-functions-you-were-never-told/
 |title=The Penis You Were Supposed to Have: 10 Functions of the Foreskin You Were Never Taught
 |last=Alissa
 |first=
 |init=K
 |author-link=Kristel Alissa
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2025-07-03
 |accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
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* {{URLwebsite|https://theassist.com/woman-wednesday-issue-39/|2024-12-31}}

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