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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' | '''{{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 | |||
|title=Kristel Alissa’s Post | |||
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa | |||
|publisher=Linked In | |||
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|accessdate=2025-01-01 | |||
}}</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 | |||
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==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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|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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|date=2024-09-26 | |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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2024-12-16 | |||
|accessdate=2024-12-30 | |accessdate=2024-12-30 | ||
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|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 | |||
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa | |author-link=Kristel Alissa | ||
|publisher=Intact America | |publisher=Intact America | ||
|date=2024-12-22 | |date=2024-12-22 | ||
|accessdate=2024-12-30 | |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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|init=K | |||
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|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 | |||
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|init=K | |||
|author-link=Kristel Alissa | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2025-07-03 | |||
|accessdate=2025-09-05 | |||
}} | |||
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