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Jamye is our Educational Support Director. He graduated from Columbia University and comes to us after several years of running a UCSF research study and programs focused on homeless youth. He discovered his love of languages at a young age and is fluent in Mvskoke (spoken by the Creek Nation and Seminole Indians of Florida and Oklahoma). He has also studied French, Mandarin, and Ancient Greek. In addition to providing educational support, Jamye teaches Standard Arabic and Mvskoge at PAR.
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An accomplished language teacher, Mr. Sabry is also a published author and poet. His volume Maaryuniit met
with critical acclaim, and his work was anthologized in Angry
Voices: An Anthology of the Off-Beat New Egyptian Poets (University of Arkansas Press). Maher was also a cartoonist and
illustrator for Egyptian periodicals, including the "Cairo Times". In addition, he founded the Egyptian independent
theater company Maraia and co-founded the Shrapnel Theater Troupe. In May 2002 he was the recipient of the Felipa de Souza Human
Rights Award. Maher teaches Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic at Pacific Arabic Resources. |
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An editor by profession, Nasser (a.k.a. Nicholas Cheonis) attended the Juilliard School and graduated
from Columbia University. The Bay Area native began learning Arabic in New York, with further studies in Beirut and Cairo
after many courses in MSA, Levantine dialect, and calligraphy at PAR. He is also familiar with Turkish, Japanese, and several
European languages. Nasser teaches Standard Arabic at Pacific Arabic Resources. |
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Noureddine hails from the historic city of Kasserine, Tunisia. He graduated from Sousse Univeristy (Tunisia)
and has worked as a French / Arabic translator and interpreter. Outside of his passion for languages, Noureddine is also a calligrapher
and an artist. Noureddine teaches Tunisian and Standard Arabic at Pacific Arabic Resources. |
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Zinat grew up in Iran but spent ten years in Jordan, returning to Iran to complete her BA degree. She's lived in San Rafael for the past 20 years, and has been teaching for twelve years. She has a BA in American Literature from Tehran University, a Montessori credential and a TESOL certificate from UC Berkeley. Zinat teaches Farsi at PAR, and is willing to jump in if we need a substitute teacher for Levantine Arabic. |
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