Mariam wears multiple hats at Kalamna. When she’s not teaching our youngest students in Cambridge on Sundays, she’s making sure we run a smooth operation across all our Kalamna classes. Before moving to the UK, Mariam worked at a nursery in Alexandria, Egypt. She is an avid photographer and traveller.
Dalia joined Kalamna in 2021 opening our second franchise in Manchester. Before moving to the UK, Dalia founded one of the first sensory play classes for babies in the Arab region. A certified Positive Educator, she is a mother of two and a passionate student of all things child-psychology who has a natural talent for
Rehab joined Kalamna in 2020 and opened the first ever Kalamna franchise branch in Newcastle, UK. When she’s not teaching Arabic to her students in-person and online, she’s working on English-Arabic translations or editing Arabic books. She’s the author of the best-selling book Rice Pudding for Two (Dar ElShorouk, 2008). Through her translation career, she translated over 25 books
Saussan teaches at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, with a PhD in Arabic sociolinguistics and an MA by Research in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, University of Leeds, postgraduate Certificate for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (CTAFL), SOAS, London and BA English Literature, Alexandria University, Egypt. She
