Amal Elhoseiny

Amal Sakr Elhoseiny received her Ph.D. degree in 1997 in Comparative Studies between German and Arabic language and literature from Cairo University in Egypt. She worked as a lecturer at the College of Education in Ain-Shams University until 2000. From 2000 and on-going, she works as an Arabic teacher at New Horizon School Pasadena. In 2010, she became Nuraniyah method certified and started teaching Qur’an at the same school. Currently, she is the head teacher of Arabic, Qur’an and Islamic studies at the Sunday School in the ICSC. She presented in different conferences, e.g. MEC, ISNA, CAIS, SWCOLT, and ACTFL. She designed standards-based activities for Qatar Foundation International (QFI) and the Bureau of Islamic and Arabic Education (BIAE). She participated as a master Arabic teacher in the Aldeen Foundation/ Startalk Student program and in the Aldeen Foundation online teacher training program. She is an executive board member of the National Arabic Teachers Association (NATA K-12). She conducted a workshop for teachers of Arabic in Tamarac/Florida and a Nuraniyah workshop for teachers in Orange Crescent School in CA. Working together with other instructors to enhance teaching of Arabic and Qur’an is her goal.