IH Cairo About Us

Colin, like most of the staff at IH Cairo, is a language teacher and established IH Cairo as an adult language school in 1975, affiliated to International House, London. He is also involved in computer education and children’s education and runs El Alsson International School, a bilingual school for 1500 students from 4-18 years www.alsson.com.

As IH Cairo is a family business, Karim is very much involved in the day-to-day management. He is responsible for the development of the business in terms of marketing, new products, IT additions, buildings and facilities and has designed and overseen the constructions of our new residences. He also attends major trade fairs on our behalf and does a lot of work with agents.

As Chief Accountant at IH Cairo- International Language Institute, I control and manage all financial accounting activities of the company. In this position I lead the development and implementation of budgets and key financial decisions, and make recommendations for more effective management strategies. I have a solid education in finance and accounting with Bachelor of Accounting, and I have also completed extensive professional development through courses run by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), ACCA, and American University.

Fatma comes from a multinational background of operations management and customer services. As an operations manager, she is responsible for line managing a consistent and stable administrative environment in ILI coordinating closely with educational departments.
She is also involved in handling day to day customer enquiries and complaints if any. Besides, she is liasing educational agents/possible travel abroad.

Colin, like most of the staff at IH Cairo, is a language teacher and established IH Cairo as an adult language school in 1975, affiliated to International House, London. He is also involved in computer education and children’s education and runs El Alsson International School, a bilingual school for 1500 students from 4-18 years www.alsson.com.

As IH Cairo is a family business, Karim is very much involved in the day-to-day management. He is responsible for the development of the business in terms of marketing, new products, IT additions, buildings and facilities and has designed and overseen the constructions of our new residences. He also attends major trade fairs on our behalf and does a lot of work with agents.

As Chief Accountant at IH Cairo- International Language Institute, I control and manage all financial accounting activities of the company. In this position I lead the development and implementation of budgets and key financial decisions, and make recommendations for more effective management strategies. I have a solid education in finance and accounting with Bachelor of Accounting, and I have also completed extensive professional development through courses run by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), ACCA, and American University.

Fatma comes from a multinational background of operations management and customer services. As an operations manager, she is responsible for line managing a consistent and stable administrative environment in ILI coordinating closely with educational departments.
She is also involved in handling day to day customer enquiries and complaints if any. Besides, she is liasing educational agents/possible travel abroad.

Mohammad brings years of teaching experience to supporting and guiding our teaching faculty. He is an IH qualified Director of Studies and teacher trainer. He oversees a team of educational coordinators, who handle the quality control aspects of the teaching, as well as our 20+ full-time and part-time teachers. He is particularly experienced in designing tailor-made programmes for our larger clients. Mohammad is also responsible for running the
online courses as well as managing the TAFL courses. He is actively involved in developing online programmes, specialized teacher training for the Ministry of Education Brunei and developing special materials for clients.

Samia has been teaching and developing course materials for many years and is now our resident author. Our series of Kallimni Arabi Egyptian Colloquial Arabic textbooks have been published through the American University in Cairo Press. The Lughatuna ah-Fusha series of Modern Standard Arabic textbooks is already underway with books one and two currently available.

Abeer is the Deputy Director of Studies and a very experienced teacher. She is in charge of all administrative tasks within the department and she is responsible for handling the one to one requests, the office hours, conversation classes and students' feedback. She is also the one who liases between the teachers and the admin team.

Heba brings years of experience in teaching Arabic as a foreign language (ECA/MSA). She has a masters degree in Teaching Second Languages and Cultures and is trained in classroom management and language acquisition instructions. She supervises and supports teachers to improve their proficiency level of Arabic language instruction. She also develops materials to advanced levels and any other requirements of students and curriculum. She also helps students adjust to the Egyptian culture and to tackle any academic problems.

Wissam has a bachelor degree in Arabic language and literature from Cairo University. She’s been teaching Arabic to foreigners since 2007.she is teaching Modern standard Arabic up to advanced levels. She also teaches specialized courses as grammar, media and universities& programs.
As an MSA coordinator, she supports teachers to develop in teaching different levels of Modern Standard Arabic. Works continuously to supplement and develop new MSA course books with the help of teachers. She participates in the professional development program for MSA.

Mohammad brings years of teaching experience to supporting and guiding our teaching faculty. He is an IH qualified Director of Studies and teacher trainer. He oversees a team of educational coordinators, who handle the quality control aspects of the teaching, as well as our 20+ full-time and part-time teachers. He is particularly experienced in designing tailor-made programmes for our larger clients. Mohammad is also responsible for running the
online courses as well as managing the TAFL courses. He is actively involved in developing online programmes, specialized teacher training for the Ministry of Education Brunei and developing special materials for clients.

Samia has been teaching and developing course materials for many years and is now our resident author. Our series of Kallimni Arabi Egyptian Colloquial Arabic textbooks have been published through the American University in Cairo Press. The Lughatuna ah-Fusha series of Modern Standard Arabic textbooks is already underway with books one and two currently available.

Abeer is the Deputy Director of Studies and a very experienced teacher. She is in charge of all administrative tasks within the department and she is responsible for handling the one to one requests, the office hours, conversation classes and students' feedback. She is also the one who liases between the teachers and the admin team.

Heba brings years of experience in teaching Arabic as a foreign language (ECA/MSA). She has a masters degree in Teaching Second Languages and Cultures and is trained in classroom management and language acquisition instructions. She supervises and supports teachers to improve their proficiency level of Arabic language instruction. She also develops materials to advanced levels and any other requirements of students and curriculum. She also helps students adjust to the Egyptian culture and to tackle any academic problems.

Wissam has a bachelor degree in Arabic language and literature from Cairo University. She’s been teaching Arabic to foreigners since 2007.she is teaching Modern standard Arabic up to advanced levels. She also teaches specialized courses as grammar, media and universities& programs.
As an MSA coordinator, she supports teachers to develop in teaching different levels of Modern Standard Arabic. Works continuously to supplement and develop new MSA course books with the help of teachers. She participates in the professional development program for MSA.