I'm an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher recently returned from the Middle East. I lived in Egypt for six years and Saudi Arabia for almost seven, a total of almost thirteen years. I attended Egypt's Al-Azhaar University Institute for non-native speakers of Arabic. I speak, read and write modern standard Arabic with near native fluency and accent. I can also understand and speak in the Saudi Dialect due to the length of time spent in Saudi Arabia. I taught English in both countries fo
