Publications
Allouche, Z. (2022). “Child-mothers and illegal adoption; The silenced voices of continuous wars.” In Arab Girls in the Midst of Wars and Conflicts.Bahithat.
Allouche, Z. (2021). The trial of Mansour Labaki; So that our bodies do not be desecrated. Sharika wa Laken.
Retrieved from: https://www.sharikawalaken.media/2021/11/08/
Ismail-Allouche, Zeina (2021). Child Protection Policy in Media. UNICEF and Kafa (Stop Violence Against Women). Beirut, Lebanon.
Retrieved from: https://kafa.org.lb/sites/default/files/2021-12/children_handout_8_artwork.pdf
Richardson, C. K., Aviles-Betel, K., Ismail-Allouche, Z., & Picard, V. (2021). Healing and Rebalancing in the Aftermath of Colonial Violence: An Indigenous-Informed, Response-Based Approach. Genealogy, 5(3), 69. MDPI AG.
Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5030069
Boldo, V., Kephart, E., & Allouche, Z. (2021). Vicky Boldo/kisêwâtisiwinyôtin:iskwew (Gentle Wind Woman): From Individual to Intergenerational Healing. Genealogy, 5(2), 37. MDPI AG.
Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5020037
Clark, M., Aviles-Betel, K., Richardson, C., & Allouche, Z. (2021). Miskâsowin—Returning to the Body, Remembering What Keeps Us Alive. Genealogy, 5(2), 34. MDPI AG.
Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5020034
Allouche, Z. (2020). Rev. of La Couleur de l’Adoption [The Color of Adoption] MANUELLE ALIX-SURPRENANT AND RENAUD VINET-HOULE. Édition Alias, 2018, 163 pp. (Paperback) ISBN: 9782924787373.
Allouche, Z. (April 7, 2020). Warak Enab. Historians Cooking the Past.
Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/view/cookingthepast/warak-enab
Allouche, Z. (2020). Forced separation and intercountry adoption: The invisible narrative of the war in Lebanon. Confluences Méditerranée, 112(1), 125-139. doi:10.3917/come.112.0125.
Allouche, Z. Similarities between child trafficking and the risks of adoption. The Peace Building in Lebanon News Supplement. (20), 2018.
Fast E, Allouche Z, Boldo V, Drouin-Gagne, M. (2017). “Indigenous youth leaving care in Canada: lessons from our past and present.” In Leaving Care in Emerging Adulthood: International Contributions to Theory, Research and Practice. Oxford Press.
Fast, E. Bertrand, N., Bertrand, S., Mitchell, J., Ismail-Allouche, Z. (2017. Incorporating diverse understandings of Indigenous identity: Towards a broader definition of cultural safety for urban Indigenous youth. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. 2017.
Allouche, Z. (2016). The colonialism of care: A critical approach to the Lebanese experience. Legal Agenda.
Retrieved from: http://legal-agenda.com/en/article.php?id=797&folder=articles&lang=en
Allouche, Z. (2015). Illegal adoption in Lebanon: Mechanisms and consequences. Legal Agenda.
Retrieved from http://legal-agenda.com/en/article.php?id=678&folder=articles&lang=en
Allouche, Z. (2014). Betraying Tarek Mallah and children of alternative care: Time for state and care institutions to act. Legal Agenda.
Retrieved from: http://legal-agenda.com/en/article.php?id=3038
Allouche, Z. (2014). No place to call home: Stories of abuse at celebrated Lebanese orphanage. Legal Agenda.
Retrieved from http://www.legal-agenda.com/en/article.php?id=3033
Allouche, Z. (2020, February 25). Antigone and the question of representation. Public Scholar 2019, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2019, November 26). Lebanon a feminist revolution. Public Scholar 2019, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2019, September, 17). Beyond the consent form, How to ensure that our research is ethical. Public Scholar 2019, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2019, June 11). I don’t wish my adoption even on my worst enemy. Public Scholar 2019, Concordia University. https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vprgs/sgs/public-scholars-19/2019/06/11/i-don-t-wish-my-adoption-even-on-my-worst-enemy.html
Allouche, Z. (2021). Sexual abuse in religious institutional care; Listen to the victims. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/80902/
Allouche, Z. (2021). Liberating care from the authority of religion; the case of Mansour Labaki. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/79651/
Allouche, Z. (2021). A year after the Beirut Blast ; Media intensifies the crime. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/77023/
Allouche, Z. (2021). Victims of residential schools: The discovery of the remains of 215 children in Canada. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/74054/
Allouche, Z. (2020). Covid 19 ; Seniors are paying the price and the institutions are silent. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/44071/
Allouche, Z. (2019). You are not alone; The systemic deprivation of children with special needs. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/author/zeina-alloush/
Allouche, Z.(2019). The case of Mission De Vie; For a revolution against the social welfare system in Lebanon. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/author/zeina-alloush/
Allouche, Z. (2019). The Lebanese revolution ; Reclaiming back our rights. Daraj.
Retrieved from: https://daraj.com/author/zeina-alloush/
Allouche, Z. (2018). The weeping of the child is still present in my ear. Daraj.
Retrieved from http://daraj.com/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84
Allouche, Z. (2016). Deepa and the Mothers of Silence. Almodon.
Retrieved from http://www.almodon.com/media/2017/1/6/
http://www.iacaustralia.org/deepa-and-the-mothers-of-silence/
Allouche, Z. (2016). Did Zaven Achieve a Media Scoop? Almodon.
Retrieved from http://www.almodon.com/media/2016/12/11/
Allouche, Z., & Guigan, D. (2014). Privés du Droit à l’Identité.
Retrieved from https://www.lecourrier.ch/125515/prives_du_droit_a_l_identite
Allouche, Z. (2015). The Child Welfare Policies in Lebanon: A Systemic Corruption. Almodon.
Retrieved from http://www.almodon.com/society/2015/9/29/
Allouche, Z. (2015). Victims of Forced Separation from the Biological Families Through Illegal Adoption or Placement into Institutional Care “The Right to a Family” (SUBMISSION TO THE TENTH SESSION THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [LEBANON] 2015). Beirut, Lebanon: Badael-Alternatives.
Retrieved from https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/lebanon/session_23_-_november_2015/badael_alternatives_upr23_lbn_e_main.pdf
Allouche, Z., & Mallah, T. (2014). Tarek Mallah reveals truth on Social Welfare Institutions.
Retrieved from http://outlookaub.com/2014/11/04/tarek-mallah-reveals-truth-on-islamic-social-welfare-institutions/
Victims of Forced Separation from the Biological Families Through Illegal Adoption or Placement into Institutional Care “The Right to a Family” (SUBMISSION TO THE TENTH SESSION THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [LEBANON] 2015). Beirut, Lebanon: Badael-Alternatives.
Retrieved from https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/lebanon/ session_23_-_november_2015/badael_alternatives_upr23_lbn_e_main.pdf
Identifying basic characteristics of formal alternative care settings for children. A discussion paper – March 2013.
Retrieved from: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/contributors/allouche-zeina
Talks
Allouche, Z. (2022). The best interest of the child. The Adoption Initiative Conference.
Allouche, Z. (2022). Indigenous Methodologies as a non-Indigenous researcher. Concordia University.
Allouche, Z.(2021). Ethics as a Quest, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
https://vimeo.com/684444205?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=125144871
Allouche, Z.(2021). What remains is language. Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Allouche, Z. (2021). Les voix des groupes historiquement réduits au silence ; Une possible tension entre éthique et esthétique. Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
Allouche, Z.(2020). Leaving care; Principles and processes. Sanad Forum, Cairo, Egypt.
Allouche, Zeina (2020). Child protection in media. Kafa for ending violence against women and UNICEF, Lebanon.
Allouche, Z.(2019). Adoption via Lebanon ; History and facts. Intercountry Adoption; A data base analysis of an invisible narrative of war, Badael-Alternatives, Lebanon.
Allouche, Z. (2019).Adoption via Lebanon ; History and facts. Intercountry Adoption; An Invisible Narrative of War, Badael-Alternatives, Lebanon
Allouche, Z. (2019). Towards reforming the services for youths transitioning out of care. Sanad Forum, organized by Wataneya for the development of orphanages, Cairo, Egypt.
Allouche, Z. (2008). The right of the child to protection within alternative care. The second conference for orphanage. Bahrain
Allouche, Z. (2008). Arab guidelines for children without parental care. Arab Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Cairo, Egypt.
Allouche, Z. (2005). Preventing Separation. The Need for International Guidelines for the Protection of Children without Parental Care, Geneva. Retrieved from http://www.childrightsconnect.org/child-rights-issues/children-without-parental-care/
Allouche,Z. (2020, July, 21). Victims of abuse; How to protect children in media? (F. Raad, interviewer). Legal Agenda.
Retireved from: https://www.legal-agenda.com/article.php?id=7029
Allouche, Z.(2020, May, 28). Adoption is complicated_and the Myka Stauffer controversy proves it. (H. Marcoux, Interviewer). Motherly.
Retrieved from: https://www.mother.ly/news/myka-stauffer-adoption
Allouche,Z.(2020). Interview ; Une détermination à faire changer les choses. Agora Journal.
Allouche, Z. (2020). The right to access information for transracial/intercountry adoptees.
Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/arabic/tv-and-radio-51790635?CMP=share_btn_me&fbclid=IwAR1X89H0wh378gfXw8LgYt4Mzq98GrsnbKSw3c46PTYVb_cSVBrkhTBZByk#
Allouche, Z. (2018). A call to reform alternative care and support reunification of adoptees with their biological family.
Retrieved from http://badael-alternatives.org/new-blog-2/2018/7/4/mtv-alive-interview-with-zeina-allouche
Allouche, Z. (2018). The challenges faced by youth ageing out of care, Sanad Forum, Egypt.
https://www.facebook.com/wataneya/videos/2406751632886168
Allouche, Z. (2018). Proper case management; victims of sexual abuse. Prime time news, LBCI, Lebanon
Allouche, Z. (2017, 08). The Right to Know the Biological Mother for Persons who Were Adopted.
Retrieved from https://www.lbcgroup.tv/watch/34548/%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%89/ar
Allouche, Z., Guigan, D., & Sophie. (2017, 08). Lebanese War Children Adopted Abroad Go in Search of their Roots.
Retrieved from https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/lebanese-war-children-adopted-abroad-go-in-search-of-their-roots-1.619873
Allouche, Z. (2016, 03). Child Trafficking for Illegal Adoption Among the Syrian Refugees Children.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLPMXgosg0OYMcyocHHoIPqIJTNNjT58o& v=R73alS5VMqg
Allouche, Z. (2015, 06). The Dark Side of Fundraising Campaigns in Support of Orphanages.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUuSkPXOYY
Allouche, Z. (2015, 05). Promoting Umbilical Cord, a Performance Supporting the Right to Origins.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95FTD4GMZI
Allouche, Z. (2015, 05). Adoptions Turn Profitable for Child Traffickers.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WBKILJsA0
Allouche, Z. (2014, 11). Promoting the Right to Origins Workshop and “She Flew Away”, a Performance with Witnesses Who Were Internationally Adopted. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLCSPHFnK0&t=360s
Allouche, Z. (2014, 06). Towards Family Based Care…A Transformation Process.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnjFLDKYRM&t=102s
Allouche, Z. (2022). The life stories of individuals who experienced transracial/intercountry adoption. The Adoption Initiative Conference.
Allouche, Z. (2019). Critical listening as a form of activism. Performance and conflict II: Listening, performance, and conflict, AllLAB, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2019). The potential ethical dilemmas of collaborating on research exploring the life stories of transracial/Indigenous adoptees. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, US.
Allouche, Z. (2019). A conversation with survivors’ stories. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, US.
Allouche, Z. (2019). When I was a child… A flash back through performative games. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, US.
Allouche, Z. (2019). How to build a project around oral history. Center of Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
Allouche, Z. (2019). Intercountry adoption ; The invisible narrative of forced migration. History in the Making Conference. Montreal, QC.
Allouche, Z. (2019). The ethics of performing life stories of survivors. The 6th Symposium for Emerging Scholars. COHDS, Montreal, QC.
Allouche, Z. (2018). Illegal adoptions during the Lebanese civil war. The Lebanese War; Revisited. University of St Joseph. Beirut, Lebanon.
Allouche, Z. (2018). Forced separation as perceived by transracial/transnational adoptees while accounting for legacy of the Indigenous Peoples. Power Point presented at the Thinking kinship through adoption, Oakland.
Allouche, Z. (2018). Negotiating the ethics of autoethnography. International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois.
Allouche, Z. (2018). How can the Indigenous way of caring save children? 3Minute Thesis & Project Competition, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2018). Oral history and social mobilization; A case study from Lebanon. Power Point, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University.
Retrieved from http://storytelling.concordia.ca/content/oral-history-and-social-mobilization
Allouche, Z. (2018). Ethical dilemmas; Exploring the implications of transracial/transnational adoption on identity formation and quest for origins while accounting for the Indigenous people’s legacy with forced separation. Power Point presented at the Brown Bags Lunch Series, Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies, Concordia.
Allouche, Z. (2017). Forced Separation as Perceived by Adoptees in the Light of the Indigenous Peoples Legacy. Power Point presented at the Other Sides of the Story; Lightning Talk, Concordia University.
Allouche, Z. (2017). Oral History through Lego; A Project Implemented with Youth in Care. Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University. Retrieved from http://storytelling.concordia.ca/events/oral-history-through-lego
Allouche, Z. (2017). Identity: Then and Now. Presented at the Youth Voices against Violence Network, Toronto, ON.