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Neil Alacha

Election Year: 2016

Election Constituency: United States of America

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: New York & New College 2016

Neil Alacha

Biography

Neil M. Alacha, Rockaway Park, is a senior at Harvard College, concentrating in Social Studies. For his senior thesis, he is studying global human rights institutions and examining their effect on local practices in Jordan. He is head captain of the Harvard Mock Trial Association, and the CEO of the Harvard Model Congress, the country's largest annual simulation of the U.S. government for high school students. Neil is also active as a peer tutor. He is the son of a Syrian immigrant and is interested in the movement for Islamic human rights.