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Qusay Hussein, MSSW

PhD student
University of Texas at Austin, United States

Qusay Hussein is an education advocate, doctoral student, and motivational speaker. In 2006, Qusay was a victim of a suicide bomb in Mosul, Iraq where he suffered multiple injuries and lost his sight. After 67 reconstructive surgeries, Qusay was able to overcome this traumatic experience and use it to advocate on behalf of marginalized communities and individuals with disabilities globally.  Qusay sought medical treatment in Jordan and had an opportunity to serve as a patient-counselor for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiere (MSF). During his time with MSF, Qusay organized recreational activities for patients recovering from war-related injuries. From those traumatic beginnings, Qusay has become an advocate and a spokesperson for organizations serving marginalized communities including those with disabilities, and refugees. He found a home at the University of Texas where he earned dual undergraduate degrees in Social Work and a Master of Social Work degree from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, where is currently pursuing his PhD. At UT, Qusay worked as a research assistant within the former Office of the Associate Dean of Equality Diversity, and Inclusion. In the fall of 2022, he was a teaching assistant for Leadership Training and Autism and Nuerodevelopmental Disabilities, Crisis and Disability, and Sexuality and Disability. In the spring, he was a TA for the ACT LEND program and Social Construction of Disability at the School of Social Work.

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