Rafah

I have been taking classes with Rafah for almost two years through Italki! She is the absolute best of the best. She knows how to motivate you and keep the lessons exciting and fresh. Her method is well developed and it doesn't matter if you start from scratch or if you are more advanced. By now, I am well able to have conversations in Arabic on various topics with my Arabic friends and I'm proud grateful of all the progress I've made with the lessons I took with Rafah!

Rafa is a great teacher. I have been learning the Syrian dialect with her for about 9 months and my classes with her have helped me improve my Arabic a lot during this time. She is flexible and is willing to focus on what you want to focus on. She is very knowledgeable about the Arabic language (both MSA and dialect) and is also good at explaining the cultural elements associated with the language. She is a very likable and caring person and I always enjoy my classes with her.

Rafah is an excellent teacher. She's patient and speaks and explains things clearly. The topics she chose were relevant and constructive for my conversation practice.

Highly recommend! I started with Rafah because I wanted to improve my reading. We covered a wide range of poetry and prose, both classical and modern. Recently we have decided to work on my listening and speaking intensively. I cannot recommend Rafah high enough. She’s knowledgeable, patient, and absolutely professional. The longer you work with Rafah, the more she tailors her teaching in a way that benefits you the most because she knows you more — to the point where she knows exactly what words to use to help you understand. Hands down *the* best Arabic teacher I’ve had in the past ten years.

I have been studying Arabic with Rafah for almost a year now and really enjoy our lessons. I understand so much more now because she only speaks in Arabic which is great. She uses stories as a basis for learning which works well. She writes everything down as we go on a Google doc so I can review it at home and do more reading practice in between lessons. I also appreciate how flexible she is, I’m always able to book classes last minute which is helpful for me. Thank you Rafah :)

I had my first lesson with Rafah and it was wonderful! She was warm and kind. She both provided space for conversation to get to know one another, but also learned about my goals in order to have a clear way forward. I have already booked my second class with her!