Ali Baba

The Ali Baba International Center focuses on learning both German and standard Arabic.

Ali Baabaa is not very well known, which is probably why I was only able to study here for one month.  After that there were no more students of intermediate level.  Their busy period might of been  during the summer and the month of January.

For a private institute, I was quite impressed.  There was no bored director greedy for US dollars or playing games with the student’s level.

Perhaps more importantly, the teachers were very polite and clearly skilled professionals (or at least trying to appear as such).  In fact, the teaching style was similar to that of the TAFL Center in Alexandria, but without the abuse and discrimination.

Yes, initially, the name made me laugh too, but in the end the joke was on me. This really is a genuine place for the serious student of Arabic.

Although I only studied here for four weeks, I gained a lot more than I expected, much more than from the so-called university opposite.