Lina Zeine was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Her mother taught English as a second language at her International Language School and her father was professor of History at the American University of Beirut.
After attending the French Protestant high school, Lina completed her BA degree at the American University of Beirut, then came to the United States to continue her studies. She obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Colorado and her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, both in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology. Professionally, Lina has worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist in a number of cities such as Sterling, Colorado, Seattle, Washington, Missoula, Montana, Sherbrooke, Quebec and Lawrence, Kansas. In 1982, she joined the faculty of the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Western Washington University. She retired as Professor Emerita in 2013.
Since coming to the United States, Lina has served on the local elected Baha’i governing bodies (the Local Spiritual Assemblies) in the cities where she has lived. Lina has also traveled and taught the Baha’i Faith in several States and Canadian Provinces. She has also taught at Baha’i Summer Schools and Winter Schools. Some of her presentation topics include: “Immortal Heroines”, “The First Hundred Years of Islam,” Insights into the Qur’an, “The First Hundred Years of the Baha’i Faith”, and “The Equality of Men and Women: A Historical Perspective.”
