Yemen Institute for Arabic Language (YIAL)

The backbone of YIAL, and one of its main strengths, is its Arabic instructors. As a student, especially in a private course, your success is largely dependent upon the competence and dedication of your instructor. Our idea was to make all instructors part-owners of the institute in order to attract the best Arabic teachers in the country, a key step in ensuring that as an Arabic Institute, YIAL is simply unsurpassed.

Indeed, when word got out that a teacher-owned institute was opening, we were overwhelmed with requests by Arabic teachers to join the institute. We were thus able to hand-select the very best and experienced Arabic teachers from all across Yemen, creating the extremely competent and enthusiastic staff we have today. All of our instructors have at least a B.A. in Arabic or a closely related field, at least 4 years of experience as an Arabic teacher, and a sincere dedication to teaching Arabic as a second language.

We’re proud to introduce some of our staff here:

• Director of YIAL, 2009-present. Previous Director of Arabic Language School, 2002-2009.

• MA Business Management, OUM, Malaysia, BA English, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 12 years

• Focus: MSA, Media Arabic, Conversational Arabic.

• Co-founder of “AFAQ” for Educational Services (Educational Company), Sana’a, Yemen, 2009.

• Co-founder of “ Afaq Al-Ma’arif” (Private School), Sana’a, Yemen, 2009.

• Co-author of YIAL’s Conversation Series.

• Co-author of “Growing UP With English” (Series of Textbooks in Yemeni Private Schools for English Language, Yemen, 2005.

• Founder & Manager of YIAL 2007-present.

• BA Arabic, University of Sanaa.

• Diploma in Business Administration, Modern British Institute.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Classical Arabic, Poetry, Grammar, Online-Teaching.

• Author and co-author of many of YIAL’s textbooks including Media Arabic 1-3, The Conversation Series 1-6.

• BA French, summa cum laude, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Media Arabic, Growing Participant Approach (GPA), Introductory Levels, Online-Teaching.

• Co-author of the institute’s Media Arabic textbooks – books 2 and 3.

• BA Arabic, magna cum laude, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Calligraphy, Philosophy, Islamic Law, Political Science, Poetry.

• Author of a Grammar textbook for advanced Arabic students; author of the institute’s “Listening and Speaking” textbook – level 5.

• Mukhtar has a second (part-time) job as a teacher trainer for a number of private schools in Sana’a.

• BA English, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 8

• Focus: Introductory and Intermediate Levels.

• Co-author of the institute’s “Reading and Grammar” textbook – level 3.

• BA Islamic and Arabic Studies, University of Science and Technology.

• Years Arabic teacher: 7

• Focus: Grammar, Tajweed, Yemeni Colloquial, Growing Participant Approach (GPA), Online-Teaching.

• Co-author of the institute’s “Reading and Grammar” textbook – level 2.

• BA French, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Introductory Levels, Growing Participant Approach (GPA), Online-Teaching.

• Author of a practice book for beginner students.

• BA English, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 8

• Focus: Introductory and Intermediate Levels.

• Co-founder of “AFAQ” for Educational Services (Educational Company), Sana’a, Yemen, 2009.

• Co-founder of “ Afaq Al-Ma’arif” (Private School), Sana’a, Yemen, 2009.

• BA English, Sana’a University.

• Diploma in Arabic, Sana’a University.

• Years Arabic Teaching: 8.

• Focus: Bi-Lingual and Across -Cultural Translator, Grammar, Conversation, and Yemeni Dialect.

• Co- author of Institute’s “Media Textbook 1”.

• BA English, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 6

• Focus: Growing Participant Approach (GPA), Conversational Arabic, Online-Teaching.

• BA Arabic and Translation, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 7

• Focus: Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Online-Teaching.

• BA Commerce, University of Sana’a.

• Public Relations, Tourist Guide, Trips Coordinator.

• Years Tourist Guide: 9

• Co-founder of “ Asha’abi” (Company for General Services), Sana’a, 2009.

• BA English, University of Sana’a.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Grammar, Media Arabic Yemeni Colloquial.

• Co-author of some books including: Grammar, Yemeni Dialect, and Reading.

• B.A Arabic Literature, Sanaa University, 2003.

• Years Arabic teacher: 7

• Focus: Grammar, Media Arabic, Literature, Yemeni Dialect, Conversation, Online-Teaching.

• Author of some materials for Yemeni Dialect.

Ameen Aledreesi

• BA English, University of Sanaa.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Introductory Levels, Grammar, Media Arabic, Literature. Classical Arabic, Online-Teaching, Yemeni Dialect.

•Ameen has a second (part-time) job as a teacher trainer for a number of private schools in Sanaa.

Mabkhoot Al-Ezzi

• MA Arabic, Faculty of Arts, Sana’a University.

• Years Arabic teacher: 9

• Focus: Arabic Grammar, Literature, Yemeni Dialect &Poetry, Online-Teaching.

• Author of Yemeni Culture, Arabic literature, Contemporary Yemeni literature, and several poems.