Stage 4 - Advancing literacy & oracy skills

Heba El Kalaawy

Heba El Kalaawy

The Arabic language is so rich with vocabulary, which makes it interesting. I enjoy it and master it well. Although I have never taught Arabic before, yet I have experience teaching in general and I am looking forward to teaching young students through the Kalamna programme. I teach Sociology at the American University in Cairo […]

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Dina El Halaby

An economist by training, Dina spent her early career working for NGOs and think tanks that conduct research on issues of poverty reduction, inequality and sustainability. Fuelled by her growing interest in children’s education, she completed a masters degree in Children’s Rights. Following a long struggle to find the right setup for her twin daughters

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Mariam Azzam

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.

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Dalia Nabil

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

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Rehab Bassam

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

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