Lina Altaan Al Hariri is a student at the University of Rhode Island, where she is studying International Studies and Diplomacy, Gender and Women's Studies, and Arabic. She is particularly interested in law and policy-making, inspired by her personal experience growing up in Syria and having to leave due to the Syrian Revolution of 2011. Lina is a primary candidate for the U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program for the summers of 2023 and 2024. She also served as a research participant in a project called "CRIGHTS: Coding Human Rights Abuses Around the World." In this role, she engaged in content analysis, turning government and NGO human rights reports into data. She developed coding rules by investigating international human rights laws to see what governments are tasked with providing for their citizens and created rules for interpreting tricky cases. Additionally, Lina and other research assistants discussed measurement theories and debates about measuring human rights. Lina is also the winner of the 2021-2022 writing award in advocacy at URI. In her award-winning piece, Altaan Al Hariri wrote her personal story in film scene format, advocating for fighting against dictatorship for freedom.

• Patient Scheduler- Radiology Department

  Hospital & Health Care · The Miriam Hospital

  Jan 2021 – Present

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering

• Engage in content analysis which turned government and NGO reports on human rights into data. Create coding rules whereby and investigate international human rights laws to see what governments are tasked with providing their citizens.

  university of Rhode Island · politics

  2022 – Present

  Research topic:

  Coding different Countries' Human rights

• Help with homework and practice speaking, writing, and reading Arabic. Support Arabic learning students to know the material provided, enhance their abilities in the language, overcome any issues they come across in ability acquisition.

  Volunteering · University of Rhode Island

  2022 – Present

  Mission:

  Arabic Tutor

• Attend weekly physical training equivalent to Police Academy training prepare for weekly assessments of knowledge of criminal justice system

  Public Service (Politics) · Providence police explore Program

  2018 – 2019

  Mission:

  participant

• Co-authored Brown University Medical School student, Pranati Panugan to conduct interviews with Arabic speaking women about their families’ experiences at Providence hospitals, cited as a co-author in published work.

  Volunteering · Interpreter

  2021 – 2022

  Mission:

  Contributed interpreting and community connections without which interviews could not have happened and helped Ms. Panuganti synthesizes information into a final poster for presentation at conferences.

• Lead the regional team by directing the team. Represent Charity Week both regionally and nationally Coordinate with the Islamic Relief/EAA community fundraiser

  Volunteering · Islamic relief

  2022 – Present

  Mission:

  Vice Representative of Massachusetts & Rhode Island