Lamya Hussain is a PhD candidate at SOAS with the Department of Development Studies. Her work and research seek to investigate the gaps in the agriculture sector of the oPt. Hussain is founder and director of Refutrees, a Canadian start-up that works across refugee communities on green projects, and, along with MA’AN Development Center, has launched the Kale Project Palestine to advance crop diversity and organic farming with small-scale farming communities. She serves as a policy adviser for the UNDP PAPP and other global think-tanks.